2 A Timer Library implementation which uses the Time Stamp Counter in the processor.
4 For Pentium 4 processors, Intel Xeon processors (family [0FH], models [03H and higher]);
5 for Intel Core Solo and Intel Core Duo processors (family [06H], model [0EH]);
6 for the Intel Xeon processor 5100 series and Intel Core 2 Duo processors (family [06H], model [0FH]);
7 for Intel Core 2 and Intel Xeon processors (family [06H], display_model [17H]);
8 for Intel Atom processors (family [06H], display_model [1CH]):
9 the time-stamp counter increments at a constant rate.
10 That rate may be set by the maximum core-clock to bus-clock ratio of the processor or may be set by
11 the maximum resolved frequency at which the processor is booted. The maximum resolved frequency may
12 differ from the maximum qualified frequency of the processor.
14 The specific processor configuration determines the behavior. Constant TSC behavior ensures that the
15 duration of each clock tick is uniform and supports the use of the TSC as a wall clock timer even if
16 the processor core changes frequency. This is the architectural behavior moving forward.
18 A Processor's support for invariant TSC is indicated by CPUID.0x80000007.EDX[8].
20 Copyright (c) 2009 - 2010, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
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32 #include <Ich/GenericIch.h>
34 #include <Library/TimerLib.h>
35 #include <Library/BaseLib.h>
36 #include <Library/IoLib.h>
37 #include <Library/PciLib.h>
38 #include <Library/PcdLib.h>
40 STATIC UINT64 mTscFrequency
;
42 /** The constructor function determines the actual TSC frequency.
44 The TSC counting frequency is determined by comparing how far it counts
45 during a 1ms period as determined by the ACPI timer. The ACPI timer is
46 used because it counts at a known frequency.
47 If ACPI I/O space not enabled, this function will enable it. Then the
48 TSC is sampled, followed by waiting for 3579 clocks of the ACPI timer, or 1ms.
49 The TSC is then sampled again. The difference multiplied by 1000 is the TSC
50 frequency. There will be a small error because of the overhead of reading
51 the ACPI timer. An attempt is made to determine and compensate for this error.
52 This function will always return RETURN_SUCCESS.
54 @retval RETURN_SUCCESS The constructor always returns RETURN_SUCCESS.
59 TscTimerLibConstructor (
69 // If ACPI I/O space is not enabled yet, program ACPI I/O base address and enable it.
71 if ((PciRead8 (PCI_ICH_LPC_ADDRESS (R_ICH_LPC_ACPI_CNT
)) & B_ICH_LPC_ACPI_CNT_ACPI_EN
) == 0) {
72 PciWrite16 (PCI_ICH_LPC_ADDRESS (R_ICH_LPC_ACPI_BASE
), PcdGet16 (PcdPerfPkgAcpiIoPortBaseAddress
));
73 PciOr8 (PCI_ICH_LPC_ADDRESS (R_ICH_LPC_ACPI_CNT
), B_ICH_LPC_ACPI_CNT_ACPI_EN
);
76 TimerAddr
= PcdGet16 (PcdPerfPkgAcpiIoPortBaseAddress
) + R_ACPI_PM1_TMR
; // Locate the ACPI Timer
77 Ticks
= IoRead32( TimerAddr
) + (3579); // Set Ticks to 1ms in the future
78 StartTSC
= AsmReadTsc(); // Get base value for the TSC
80 // Wait until the ACPI timer has counted 1ms.
81 // Timer wrap-arounds are handled correctly by this function.
82 // When the current ACPI timer value is greater than 'Ticks', the while loop will exit.
84 while (((Ticks
- IoRead32( TimerAddr
)) & BIT23
) == 0) {
87 EndTSC
= AsmReadTsc(); // TSC value 1ms later
89 mTscFrequency
= MultU64x32 (
90 (EndTSC
- StartTSC
), // Number of TSC counts in 1ms
91 1000 // Number of ms in a second
94 // mTscFrequency is now equal to the number of TSC counts per second
96 return RETURN_SUCCESS
;
99 /** Stalls the CPU for at least the given number of ticks.
101 Stalls the CPU for at least the given number of ticks. It's invoked by
102 MicroSecondDelay() and NanoSecondDelay().
104 @param[in] Delay A period of time to delay in ticks.
115 // The target timer count is calculated here
117 Ticks
= AsmReadTsc() + Delay
;
120 // Wait until time out
121 // Timer wrap-arounds are NOT handled correctly by this function.
122 // Thus, this function must be called within 10 years of reset since
123 // Intel guarantees a minimum of 10 years before the TSC wraps.
125 while (AsmReadTsc() <= Ticks
) CpuPause();
128 /** Stalls the CPU for at least the specified number of MicroSeconds.
130 @param[in] MicroSeconds The minimum number of microseconds to delay.
132 @return The value of MicroSeconds input.
138 IN UINTN MicroSeconds
153 /** Stalls the CPU for at least the specified number of NanoSeconds.
155 @param[in] NanoSeconds The minimum number of nanoseconds to delay.
157 @return The value of NanoSeconds input.
178 /** Retrieves the current value of the 64-bit free running Time-Stamp counter.
180 The time-stamp counter (as implemented in the P6 family, Pentium, Pentium M,
181 Pentium 4, Intel Xeon, Intel Core Solo and Intel Core Duo processors and
182 later processors) is a 64-bit counter that is set to 0 following a RESET of
183 the processor. Following a RESET, the counter increments even when the
184 processor is halted by the HLT instruction or the external STPCLK# pin. Note
185 that the assertion of the external DPSLP# pin may cause the time-stamp
188 The properties of the counter can be retrieved by the
189 GetPerformanceCounterProperties() function.
191 @return The current value of the free running performance counter.
196 GetPerformanceCounter (
203 /** Retrieves the 64-bit frequency in Hz and the range of performance counter
206 If StartValue is not NULL, then the value that the performance counter starts
207 with, 0x0, is returned in StartValue. If EndValue is not NULL, then the value
208 that the performance counter end with, 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, is returned in
211 The 64-bit frequency of the performance counter, in Hz, is always returned.
212 To determine average processor clock frequency, Intel recommends the use of
213 EMON logic to count processor core clocks over the period of time for which
214 the average is required.
217 @param[out] StartValue Pointer to where the performance counter's starting value is saved, or NULL.
218 @param[out] EndValue Pointer to where the performance counter's ending value is saved, or NULL.
220 @return The frequency in Hz.
225 GetPerformanceCounterProperties (
226 OUT UINT64
*StartValue
, OPTIONAL
227 OUT UINT64
*EndValue OPTIONAL
230 if (StartValue
!= NULL
) {
233 if (EndValue
!= NULL
) {
234 *EndValue
= 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFull
;
237 return mTscFrequency
;