[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 10/33] x86: Tidy up timer code for Intel core architecture

Bin Meng bmeng.cn at gmail.com
Tue Nov 11 11:05:03 CET 2014


Hi Simon,

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> We can use an MSR to obtain the time base. Add this back in and consolidate
> the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Add new patch to tidy up timer code for Intel core architecture
>
>  arch/x86/cpu/interrupts.c | 28 ----------------------------
>  arch/x86/lib/tsc_timer.c  | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/interrupts.c b/arch/x86/cpu/interrupts.c
> index 51e2c59..4822c11 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/cpu/interrupts.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/cpu/interrupts.c
> @@ -603,31 +603,3 @@ asm(".globl irq_common_entry\n" \
>         DECLARE_INTERRUPT(253) \
>         DECLARE_INTERRUPT(254) \
>         DECLARE_INTERRUPT(255));
> -
> -#if defined(CONFIG_INTEL_CORE_ARCH)
> -/*
> - * 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();
> -
> -       if (!gd->arch.tsc_base)
> -               gd->arch.tsc_base = now_tick;
> -
> -       return now_tick - gd->arch.tsc_base;
> -}
> -
> -#define PLATFORM_INFO_MSR 0xce
> -
> -unsigned long get_tbclk(void)
> -{
> -       u32 ratio;
> -       u64 platform_info = native_read_msr(PLATFORM_INFO_MSR);
> -
> -       ratio = (platform_info >> 8) & 0xff;
> -       return 100 * 1000 * 1000 * ratio; /* 100MHz times Max Non Turbo ratio */
> -}
> -#endif
> diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/tsc_timer.c b/arch/x86/lib/tsc_timer.c
> index f091c91..3936b36 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/lib/tsc_timer.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/tsc_timer.c
> @@ -180,6 +180,20 @@ static inline int pit_expect_msb(unsigned char val, u64 *tscp,
>         return count > 5;
>  }
>
> +#define PLATFORM_INFO_MSR 0xce
> +
> +/* Get the speed of the TSC timer in MHz */
> +unsigned __attribute__((no_instrument_function))
> +               long get_tbclk_mhz_from_msr(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;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * How many MSB values do we want to see? We aim for
>   * a maximum error rate of 500ppm (in practice the
> @@ -302,7 +316,7 @@ unsigned __attribute__((no_instrument_function)) long get_tbclk_mhz(void)
>
>         fast_calibrate = quick_pit_calibrate();
>         if (!fast_calibrate)
> -               panic("TSC frequency is ZERO");
> +               fast_calibrate = get_tbclk_mhz_from_msr();
>
>         gd->arch.tsc_mhz = fast_calibrate;
>         return fast_calibrate;
> --

Adding MSR calibration back for Intel CORE this way is inconsistent
with the code logic. Can you please try adding the family number and
model number in the freq_desc_tables[]?

Regards,
Bin


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