This patch makes seabios use the acpi pmtimer instead of tsc for timekeeping. The pmtimer has a fixed frequency and doesn't need calibration, thus it doesn't suffer from calibration errors due to a loaded host machine.
Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> --- src/clock.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/pciinit.c | 5 +++++ src/util.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/clock.c b/src/clock.c index 69e9f17..59f269b 100644 --- a/src/clock.c +++ b/src/clock.c @@ -129,11 +129,40 @@ emulate_tsc(void) return ret; } +u16 pmtimer_ioport VAR16VISIBLE; +u32 pmtimer_wraps VARLOW; +u32 pmtimer_last VARLOW; + +void pmtimer_init(u16 ioport, u32 khz) +{ + dprintf(1, "Using pmtimer, ioport 0x%x, freq %d kHz\n", ioport, khz); + SET_GLOBAL(pmtimer_ioport, ioport); + SET_GLOBAL(cpu_khz, khz); +} + +static u64 pmtimer_get(void) +{ + u16 ioport = GET_GLOBAL(pmtimer_ioport); + u32 wraps = GET_LOW(pmtimer_wraps); + u32 pmtimer = inl(ioport); + + if (pmtimer < GET_LOW(pmtimer_last)) { + wraps++; + SET_LOW(pmtimer_wraps, wraps); + } + SET_LOW(pmtimer_last, pmtimer); + + dprintf(9, "pmtimer: %u:%u\n", wraps, pmtimer); + return (u64)wraps << 24 | pmtimer; +} + static u64 get_tsc(void) { if (unlikely(GET_GLOBAL(no_tsc))) return emulate_tsc(); + if (GET_GLOBAL(pmtimer_ioport)) + return pmtimer_get(); return rdtscll(); } diff --git a/src/pciinit.c b/src/pciinit.c index 68f302a..31115ee 100644 --- a/src/pciinit.c +++ b/src/pciinit.c @@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ static const struct pci_device_id pci_class_tbl[] = { PCI_DEVICE_END, }; +/* PM Timer ticks per second (HZ) */ +#define PM_TIMER_FREQUENCY 3579545 + /* PIIX4 Power Management device (for ACPI) */ static void piix4_pm_init(struct pci_device *pci, void *arg) { @@ -191,6 +194,8 @@ static void piix4_pm_init(struct pci_device *pci, void *arg) pci_config_writeb(bdf, 0x80, 0x01); /* enable PM io space */ pci_config_writel(bdf, 0x90, PORT_SMB_BASE | 1); pci_config_writeb(bdf, 0xd2, 0x09); /* enable SMBus io space */ + + pmtimer_init(PORT_ACPI_PM_BASE + 0x08, PM_TIMER_FREQUENCY / 1000); } static const struct pci_device_id pci_device_tbl[] = { diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h index 89e928c..1603a57 100644 --- a/src/util.h +++ b/src/util.h @@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ void lpt_setup(void); // clock.c #define PIT_TICK_RATE 1193180 // Underlying HZ of PIT #define PIT_TICK_INTERVAL 65536 // Default interval for 18.2Hz timer +void pmtimer_init(u16 ioport, u32 khz); int check_tsc(u64 end); void timer_setup(void); void ndelay(u32 count); -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html