Make cpu_get_real_ticks use mfspr
PATCH 1/1 Make cpu_get_real_ticks use mfspr
PowerPC CPUs have had two ways to read the time base for quite some time now. They provide it using the mfspr instruction or - if a special bit is set in that opcode - using mftb. For timekeeping we're currently using mftb.
While trying to get Qemu up and running on an e500v2 system, I stumbled over the CPU not supporting mftbu. It just throws an illegal instruction trap.
So let's read the SPR values instead. All PPC CPUs should support them anyways.
I tested this patch on an e500v2 system where it makes qemu work and on my 970MP system with 32-bit user space where everything still works with this patch applied.
Signed-off-by Alexander Graf <[email protected]>
--- qemu-timer.h | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
qemu-timer.h +3 -3
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ static inline int64_t cpu_get_real_ticks(void)#else /* http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/1999-October/003889.html */ unsigned long junk; - __asm__ __volatile__ ("mftbu %1\n\t" -"mftb %L0\n\t" -"mftbu %0\n\t" + __asm__ __volatile__ ("mfspr %1,269\n\t" /* mftbu */ +"mfspr %L0,268\n\t" /* mftb */ +"mfspr %0,269\n\t" /* mftbu */ "cmpw %0,%1\n\t" "bne $-16" :"=r" (retval),"=r" (junk));
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