MdePkg/BaseLib: add PatchInstructionX86()

[mirror_edk2.git] / MdePkg / Include / Library / TimerLib.h

diff --git a/MdePkg/Include/Library/TimerLib.h b/MdePkg/Include/Library/TimerLib.h
index 3d0f03eda0e0878ad7bd4df6483f60984f2af8db..ecc3ad3ff79ec7b69a7004f667d12035126f0a0d 100644 (file)
--- a/MdePkg/Include/Library/TimerLib.h
+++ b/MdePkg/Include/Library/TimerLib.h
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 /** @file\r
-       Timer Library Functions\r
+  Provides calibrated delay and performance counter services.\r
 \r
-       Copyright (c) 2006, Intel Corporation\r
-       All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials\r
-       are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License\r
-       which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at\r
-       http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php\r
+Copyright (c) 2006 - 2011, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>\r
+This program and the accompanying materials\r
+are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License\r
+which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at\r
+http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php\r
 \r
-       THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,\r
-       WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.\r
-\r
-       Module Name:    TimerLib.h\r
+THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,\r
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.\r
 \r
 **/\r
 \r
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@
 \r
   @param  MicroSeconds  The minimum number of microseconds to delay.\r
 \r
-  @return Return value depends on implementation.\r
+  @return The value of MicroSeconds inputted.\r
 \r
 **/\r
 UINTN\r
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ MicroSecondDelay (
 \r
   @param  NanoSeconds The minimum number of nanoseconds to delay.\r
 \r
-  @return Return value depends on implementation.\r
+  @return The value of NanoSeconds inputted.\r
 \r
 **/\r
 UINTN\r
@@ -52,8 +50,7 @@ NanoSecondDelay (
 /**\r
   Retrieves the current value of a 64-bit free running performance counter.\r
 \r
-  Retrieves the current value of a 64-bit free running performance counter. The\r
-  counter can either count up by 1 or count down by 1. If the physical\r
+  The counter can either count up by 1 or count down by 1. If the physical\r
   performance counter counts by a larger increment, then the counter values\r
   must be translated. The properties of the counter can be retrieved from\r
   GetPerformanceCounterProperties().\r
@@ -93,8 +90,25 @@ GetPerformanceCounter (
 UINT64\r
 EFIAPI\r
 GetPerformanceCounterProperties (\r
-  IN      UINT64                    *StartValue,  OPTIONAL\r
-  IN      UINT64                    *EndValue     OPTIONAL\r
+  OUT      UINT64                    *StartValue,  OPTIONAL\r
+  OUT      UINT64                    *EndValue     OPTIONAL\r
+  );\r
+\r
+/**\r
+  Converts elapsed ticks of performance counter to time in nanoseconds.\r
+\r
+  This function converts the elapsed ticks of running performance counter to\r
+  time value in unit of nanoseconds.\r
+\r
+  @param  Ticks     The number of elapsed ticks of running performance counter.\r
+\r
+  @return The elapsed time in nanoseconds.\r
+\r
+**/\r
+UINT64\r
+EFIAPI\r
+GetTimeInNanoSecond (\r
+  IN      UINT64                     Ticks\r
   );\r
 \r
 #endif\r