* Patches by Reinhard Meyer, 14 Feb 2004:
  - update board/emk tree; use common flash driver
  - Corrected tested bits in machine check exception in cpu/mpc5xxx/traps.c
    [adapted for other PPC CPUs -- wd]
  - Added support for the M48T08 on the EVAL5200 board in rtc/mk48t59.c

* Patch by Jon Diekema, 13 Feb 2004:
  Call show_boot_progress() whenever POST "FAILED" is printed.

* Patch by Nishant Kamat, 13 Feb 2004:
  Add support for TI OMAP1610 H2 Board
  Fixes for cpu/arm926ejs/interrupt.c
       (based on Richard Woodruff's patch for arm925, 16 Oct 03)
  Fix for a timer bug in OMAP1610 Innovator
  Add support for CS0 (ROM)/CS3 (Flash) boot in OMAP1610 Innovator and H2

* Patches by Stephan Linz, 12 Feb 2004:
  - add support for NIOS timer with variable period preload counter value
  - prepare POST framework support for NIOS targets

* Patch by Denis Peter, 11 Feb 2004:
  add POST support for the MIP405 board
diff --git a/cpu/nios/interrupts.c b/cpu/nios/interrupts.c
index 31eabde..450946b 100644
--- a/cpu/nios/interrupts.c
+++ b/cpu/nios/interrupts.c
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@
 
 	tmr->control &= ~NIOS_TIMER_ITO;
 	tmr->control |= NIOS_TIMER_STOP;
+#if defined(CFG_NIOS_TMRCNT)
+	tmr->periodl = CFG_NIOS_TMRCNT & 0xffff;
+	tmr->periodh = (CFG_NIOS_TMRCNT >> 16) & 0xffff;
+#endif
 #endif
 
 	for (vec=0; vec<64; vec++ ) {