[U-Boot] [PATCH 07/19] x86: Add TSC timer

Graeme Russ graeme.russ at gmail.com
Thu Apr 18 05:03:26 CEST 2013


Hi Simon,


On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> This timer runs at a rate that can be calculated, well over 100MHz. It is
> ideal for accurate timing and does not need interrupt servicing.
>
> Tidy up some old broken and unneeded implementations at the same time.
>
> To provide a consistent view of boot time, we use the same time
> base as coreboot. Use the base timestamp supplied by coreboot
> as U-Boot's base time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>base
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c |   4 +-
>  arch/x86/cpu/timer.c              |   3 ++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/u-boot-x86.h |   2 +
>  arch/x86/lib/Makefile             |   1 +
>  arch/x86/lib/tsc_timer.c          | 103
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/configs/coreboot.h        |   4 +-
>  6 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/x86/lib/tsc_timer.c
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c
b/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c
> index 2ca7a57..d26718e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/cpu/coreboot/timestamp.c
> @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ static struct timestamp_table *ts_table
 __attribute__((section(".data")));
>  void timestamp_init(void)
>  {
>         ts_table = lib_sysinfo.tstamp_table;
> -       timer_set_tsc_base(ts_table->base_time);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_X86_TSC_TIMER
> +       timer_set_base(ts_table->base_time);
> +#endif
>         timestamp_add_now(TS_U_BOOT_INITTED);
>  }
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/timer.c b/arch/x86/cpu/timer.c
> index 149109d..f95fce5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/cpu/timer.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/cpu/timer.c
> @@ -10,8 +10,11 @@
>
>  #include <common.h>
>
> +/* Temporary patch to maintain bisectability, removed in next commit */
> +#ifndef CONFIG_SYS_X86_TSC_TIMER
>  unsigned long timer_get_us(void)
>  {
>         printf("timer_get_us used but not implemented.\n");
>         return 0;
>  }
> +#endif

Why bother? Why not just one commit 'Replace timer implementation with TSC
Timer'?

> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/u-boot-x86.h
b/arch/x86/include/asm/u-boot-x86.h
> index 5a59db6..bec583f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/u-boot-x86.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/u-boot-x86.h
> @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ void panic_puts(const char *str);
>  void timer_isr(void *);
>  typedef void (timer_fnc_t) (void);
>  int register_timer_isr (timer_fnc_t *isr_func);
> +unsigned long get_tbclk_mhz(void);
> +void timer_set_base(uint64_t base);
>
>  /* Architecture specific - can be in arch/x86/cpu/, arch/x86/lib/, or
$(BOARD)/ */
>  int dram_init_f(void);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
> index 962593d..0bc8c2f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ COBJS-y       += relocate.o
>  COBJS-y += physmem.o
>  COBJS-y        += string.o
>  COBJS-$(CONFIG_SYS_X86_ISR_TIMER)      += timer.o
> +COBJS-$(CONFIG_SYS_X86_TSC_TIMER)      += tsc_timer.o
>  COBJS-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_VGA)      += video.o
>  COBJS-$(CONFIG_CMD_ZBOOT)      += zimage.o
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/tsc_timer.c b/arch/x86/lib/tsc_timer.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..d931e5f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/tsc_timer.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
> + * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
> + * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
> + * MA 02111-1307 USA
> + */
> +
> +#include <common.h>
> +#include <malloc.h>
> +#include <asm/io.h>
> +#include <asm/i8254.h>
> +#include <asm/ibmpc.h>
> +#include <asm/msr.h>
> +#include <asm/u-boot-x86.h>
> +
> +DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
> +
> +void timer_set_base(u64 base)
> +{
> +       gd->arch.tsc_base = base;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Get the number of CPU time counter ticks since it was read first time
after
> + * restart. This yields a free running counter guaranteed to take almost
6
> + * years to wrap around even at 100GHz clock rate.
> + */
> +u64 get_ticks(void)
> +{
> +       u64 now_tick = rdtsc();
> +
> +       /* We assume that 0 means the base hasn't been set yet */
> +       if (!gd->arch.tsc_base)
> +               panic("No tick base available");
> +       return now_tick - gd->arch.tsc_base;
> +}
> +
> +#define PLATFORM_INFO_MSR 0xce
> +
> +/* Get the speed of the TSC timer in MHz */
> +unsigned long get_tbclk_mhz(void)
> +{
> +       u32 ratio;
> +       u64 platform_info = native_read_msr(PLATFORM_INFO_MSR);
> +
> +       /* 100MHz times Max Non Turbo ratio */
> +       ratio = (platform_info >> 8) & 0xff;
> +       return 100 * ratio;
> +}
> +
> +unsigned long get_tbclk(void)
> +{
> +       return get_tbclk_mhz() * 1000 * 1000;
> +}
> +
> +static ulong get_ms_timer(void)
> +{
> +       return (get_ticks() * 1000) / get_tbclk();
> +}
> +
> +ulong get_timer(ulong base)
> +{
> +       return get_ms_timer() - base;
> +}
> +
> +ulong timer_get_us(void)
> +{
> +       return get_ticks() / get_tbclk_mhz();
> +}
> +
> +ulong timer_get_boot_us(void)
> +{
> +       return timer_get_us();
> +}
> +
> +void __udelay(unsigned long usec)
> +{
> +       u64 now = get_ticks();
> +       u64 stop;
> +
> +       stop = now + usec * get_tbclk_mhz();
> +
> +       while ((int64_t)(stop - get_ticks()) > 0)
> +               ;
> +}
> +
> +int timer_init(void)
> +{
> +       /* Nothing to do here - the timer needs no init */
> +       return 0;
> +}
> diff --git a/include/configs/coreboot.h b/include/configs/coreboot.h
> index 5bacc77..99408dc 100644
> --- a/include/configs/coreboot.h
> +++ b/include/configs/coreboot.h
> @@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
>  #define CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
>  #define CONFIG_LAST_STAGE_INIT
>  #define CONFIG_SYS_VSNPRINTF
> -#define CONFIG_INTEL_CORE_ARCH /* Sandy bridge and ivy bridge chipsets.
*/

Why this?

>  #define CONFIG_ZBOOT_32
>  #define CONFIG_PHYSMEM
>  #define CONFIG_SYS_EARLY_PCI_INIT
> @@ -218,7 +217,6 @@
>  #define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END                 0x01000000
>  #define CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR                   0x100000
>  #define CONFIG_SYS_HZ                          1000
> -#define CONFIG_SYS_X86_ISR_TIMER
>
>  /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>   * SDRAM Configuration
> @@ -235,7 +233,7 @@
>   * CPU Features
>   */
>
> -#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_TIMER
> +#define CONFIG_SYS_X86_TSC_TIMER
>  #define CONFIG_SYS_PCAT_INTERRUPTS
>  #define CONFIG_SYS_NUM_IRQS                    16
>
> --
> 1.8.2.1
>

Regards,

Graeme


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