Add warning to Timer Driver chapter

Move Timer Driver chapter.

Update #2847.
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Sebastian Huber 2016-12-20 13:04:59 +01:00
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clock
i2c
spi
timer
real_time_clock
networking
shared_memory_support
frame_buffer
timer
ata
ide_controller
command

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Timer Driver
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.. warning::
The Timer Driver is superfluous and should be replaced by the RTEMS counter
support. Ask on the mailing list if you plan to write a Timer Driver.
The timer driver is primarily used by the RTEMS Timing Tests. This driver
provides as accurate a benchmark timer as possible. It typically reports its
time in microseconds, CPU cycles, or bus cycles. This information can be very