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PATCH Superseded Ivan Gorinov 3 participants 12 messages Mar 29, 2018 – Apr 6, 2018 x86

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PATCH v2 1/1 timer: add High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support

Adding HPET as an alternative timer for x86 (default is TSC). HPET counter has constant frequency and does not need calibration. This change also makes TSC timer driver optional on x86. If X86_TSC is disabled, early timer functions are provided by HPET.

---
 arch/Kconfig               |   2 +-
 arch/x86/dts/hpet.dtsi     |   7 ++
 drivers/timer/Kconfig      |   6 ++
 drivers/timer/Makefile     |   1 +
 drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c | 191 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/dts/hpet.dtsi
 create mode 100644 drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c
arch/Kconfig +1 -1
index e599e7a..37dabae 100644
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ config X86
 	select DM_PCI
 	select PCI
 	select TIMER
-	select X86_TSC_TIMER
+	imply X86_TSC_TIMER
 	imply BLK
 	imply DM_ETH
 	imply DM_GPIO
arch/x86/dts/hpet.dtsi new file +7 -0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..037dc7e
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/ {
+	hpet0: hpet at fed00000 {
+		compatible = "hpet-x86";
+		u-boot,dm-pre-reloc;
+		reg = <0xfed00000 0x1000>;
+	};
+};
drivers/timer/Kconfig +6 -0
index 2c96896..72ae6c5 100644
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ config X86_TSC_TIMER
 	help
 	  Select this to enable Time-Stamp Counter (TSC) timer for x86.
 
+config HPET_TIMER
+	bool "High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support"
+	depends on TIMER && X86
+	help
+	  Select this to enable High Precision Event Timers (HPET) for x86.
+
 config OMAP_TIMER
 	bool "Omap timer support"
 	depends on TIMER
drivers/timer/Makefile +1 -0
index a6e7832..557fecc 100644
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ obj-y += timer-uclass.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ALTERA_TIMER)	+= altera_timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SANDBOX_TIMER)	+= sandbox_timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_TSC_TIMER)	+= tsc_timer.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER)	+= hpet_timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OMAP_TIMER)	+= omap-timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_AST_TIMER)	+= ast_timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_STI_TIMER)		+= sti-timer.o
drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +191 -0

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PATCH v2 1/1 timer: add High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support

Hi Ivan,

Quoted 35 lines · Ivan Gorinov

Adding HPET as an alternative timer for x86 (default is TSC). HPET counter has constant frequency and does not need calibration. This change also makes TSC timer driver optional on x86. If X86_TSC is disabled, early timer functions are provided by HPET.

---
 arch/Kconfig               |   2 +-
 arch/x86/dts/hpet.dtsi     |   7 ++
 drivers/timer/Kconfig      |   6 ++
 drivers/timer/Makefile     |   1 +
 drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c | 191 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/x86/dts/hpet.dtsi
 create mode 100644 drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c
arch/Kconfig +1 -1
index e599e7a..37dabae 100644
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ config X86
        select DM_PCI
        select PCI
        select TIMER
-       select X86_TSC_TIMER
+       imply X86_TSC_TIMER
        imply BLK
        imply DM_ETH
        imply DM_GPIO
arch/x86/dts/hpet.dtsi new file +0 -0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..037dc7e

arch/x86/dts/hpet.dtsi line 2

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arch/x86/dts/hpet.dtsi new file +2 -0
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/ {
+       hpet0: hpet at fed00000 {

nits: use 'hpet' instead of 'hpet0'? since there is only one hpet timer in the system.

Quoted 52 lines
arch/x86/dts/hpet.dtsi new file +5 -0
+               compatible = "hpet-x86";
+               u-boot,dm-pre-reloc;
+               reg = <0xfed00000 0x1000>;
+       };
+};
drivers/timer/Kconfig +6 -0
index 2c96896..72ae6c5 100644
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ config X86_TSC_TIMER
        help
          Select this to enable Time-Stamp Counter (TSC) timer for x86.
 
+config HPET_TIMER
+       bool "High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support"
+       depends on TIMER && X86
+       help
+         Select this to enable High Precision Event Timers (HPET) for x86.
+
 config OMAP_TIMER
        bool "Omap timer support"
        depends on TIMER
drivers/timer/Makefile +1 -0
index a6e7832..557fecc 100644
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ obj-y += timer-uclass.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ALTERA_TIMER)     += altera_timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SANDBOX_TIMER)    += sandbox_timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_TSC_TIMER)    += tsc_timer.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER)       += hpet_timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_OMAP_TIMER)       += omap-timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_AST_TIMER)        += ast_timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_STI_TIMER)                += sti-timer.o
drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +12 -0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bef859
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:    GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <timer.h>
+#include <asm/cpu.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>

drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c line 22

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +10 -0
+#include <asm/u-boot-x86.h>
+
+#define HPET_PERIOD_REG 0x004
+#define HPET_CONFIG_REG 0x010
+#define HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L 0x0f0
+#define HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H 0x0f4
+
+#define HPET_MAX_PERIOD 100000000
+
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;

This is not needed.

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +19 -0
+
+struct hpet_timer_priv {
+       void *regs;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Returns HPET clock frequency in HZ
+ * (rounding to the nearest integer),
+ * or 0 if HPET is not available.
+ */
+static inline u32 get_clock_frequency(void *regs)
+{
+       u64 d = 1000000000000000ull;
+       u32 period;
+
+       period = readl(regs + HPET_PERIOD_REG);
+       if (period == 0)
+               return 0;
+       if (period > HPET_MAX_PERIOD)

drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c line 51

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +10 -0
+               return 0;
+
+       d += period / 2;
+
+       return d / period;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Reset and start the main counter.
+ */

nits: use one line comment format

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +53 -0
+static void start_main_counter(void *regs)
+{
+       u32 config;
+
+       config = readl(regs + HPET_CONFIG_REG);
+       config &= ~1;
+       writel(config, regs + HPET_CONFIG_REG);
+       writel(0, regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L);
+       writel(0, regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);
+       config |= 1;
+       writel(config, regs + HPET_CONFIG_REG);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Read the main counter as two 32-bit registers,
+ * repeat if rollover happens.
+ */
+static u64 read_main_counter(void *regs)
+{
+       u64 now_tick;
+       u32 tl, th, th0;
+
+       th = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);
+       do {
+               th0 = th;
+               tl = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L);
+               th = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);
+       } while (th != th0);
+
+       now_tick = th;
+       now_tick <<= 32;
+       now_tick |= tl;
+
+       return now_tick;
+}
+
+static int hpet_timer_get_count(struct udevice *dev, u64 *count)
+{
+       struct hpet_timer_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+       *count = read_main_counter(priv->regs);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int hpet_timer_probe(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+       struct timer_dev_priv *uc_priv = dev_get_uclass_priv(dev);
+       struct hpet_timer_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+       u32 rate;
+
+       rate = get_clock_frequency(priv->regs);
+       if (rate == 0)

drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c line 114

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +10 -0
+               return -ENODEV;
+
+       start_main_counter(priv->regs);
+
+       uc_priv->clock_rate = rate;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_X86_TSC_TIMER

This looks not good. If we support more timers on x86, the #ifdef logic will become un-maintainable. Can we support such from the timer library instead?

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +68 -0
+
+static void *early_regs = (void *) CONFIG_HPET_ADDRESS;
+
+unsigned long notrace timer_early_get_rate(void)
+{
+       return get_clock_frequency(early_regs);
+}
+
+u64 notrace timer_early_get_count(void)
+{
+       return read_main_counter(early_regs);
+}
+
+int timer_init(void)
+{
+       if (get_clock_frequency(early_regs) == 0)
+               return -ENODEV;
+
+       start_main_counter(early_regs);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+ulong timer_get_boot_us(void)
+{
+       u32 period;
+       u64 d;
+
+       period = readl(early_regs + HPET_PERIOD_REG);
+       if (period == 0)
+               return 0;
+       if (period > HPET_MAX_PERIOD)
+               return 0;
+
+       d = read_main_counter(early_regs);
+
+       /*
+        * Multiplication overflow
+        * at 2^64 femtoseconds
+        * (more than 5 hours)
+        */
+
+       d *= period;
+
+       return d / 1000000000;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_TSC_TIMER */
+
+static int hpet_timer_ofdata_to_platdata(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+       struct hpet_timer_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+       priv->regs = map_physmem(devfdt_get_addr(dev), 0x1000, MAP_NOCACHE);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct timer_ops hpet_timer_ops = {
+       .get_count = hpet_timer_get_count,
+};
+
+static const struct udevice_id hpet_timer_ids[] = {
+       { .compatible = "hpet-x86", },
+       { .compatible = "intel,ce4100-hpet", },
+       { }
+};
+
+U_BOOT_DRIVER(hpet_timer) = {

drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +9 -1
+       .name   = "hpet_timer",
+       .id     = UCLASS_TIMER,
+       .of_match = hpet_timer_ids,
+       .ofdata_to_platdata = hpet_timer_ofdata_to_platdata,
+       .priv_auto_alloc_size = sizeof(struct hpet_timer_priv),
+       .probe = hpet_timer_probe,
+       .ops    = &hpet_timer_ops,
+       .flags = DM_FLAG_PRE_RELOC,
+};
--

I will try to test this patch on several x86 boards.

Regards,
Bin

#2 lore raw

PATCH v2 1/1 timer: add High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support

In reply to Ivan Gorinov
Quoted 7 lines · Ivan Gorinov

Adding HPET as an alternative timer for x86 (default is TSC). HPET counter has constant frequency and does not need calibration. This change also makes TSC timer driver optional on x86. If X86_TSC is disabled, early timer functions are provided by HPET.

---

Changelog?

drivers/timer/Kconfig config X86_TSC_TIMER · line 70

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 arch/Kconfig               |   2 +-
drivers/timer/Kconfig +3 -0
+config HPET_TIMER
+       bool "High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support"
+       depends on TIMER && X86

Does X86 makes any difference from building point of view?

drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c line 58

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +3 -0
+       config = readl(regs + HPET_CONFIG_REG);
+       config &= ~1;
+       writel(config, regs + HPET_CONFIG_REG);

1 or BIT(0) is magic. Can be fixed in all places?

drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c line 60

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +2 -0
+       writel(0, regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L);
+       writel(0, regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);

Can we use writeq() here?

drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c line 78

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +2 -0
+               tl = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L);
+               th = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);

Ditto.

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Andy Shevchenko
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PATCH v2 1/1 timer: add High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support

Quoted 4 lines · Andy Shevchenko

drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c line 60

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +2 -0
+       writel(0, regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L);
+       writel(0, regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);

Can we use writeq() here?

I don't see readq/writeq defined for x86, even x86_64.

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c line 78

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +2 -0
+               tl = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L);
+               th = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);

Ditto.

If readq() is defined as two read operations in 32-bit code, main counter rollover (low part overflow, high part increment) can happen between them.

#4 lore raw

PATCH v2 1/1 timer: add High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support

Quoted 9 lines · Ivan Gorinov
Quoted 4 lines · Andy Shevchenko

drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c line 60

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +2 -0
+       writel(0, regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L);
+       writel(0, regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);

Can we use writeq() here?

I don't see readq/writeq defined for x86, even x86_64.

read_le64() and write_le64() in U-Boot source code.

Besides that there are memcpy_toio() / memcpy_fromio() defined (didn't check if they are really implemented).

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c line 78

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +2 -0
+               tl = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L);
+               th = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);

Ditto.

If readq() is defined as two read operations in 32-bit code, main counter rollover (low part overflow, high part increment) can happen between them.

And how this contradicts ther current code?

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Andy Shevchenko
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PATCH v2 1/1 timer: add High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support

Quoted 9 lines · Andy Shevchenko
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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c line 78

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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +2 -0
+               tl = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L);
+               th = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);

Ditto.

If readq() is defined as two read operations in 32-bit code, main counter rollover (low part overflow, high part increment) can happen between them.

And how this contradicts ther current code?

It just does not make the code simpler, rollover check is still required if U-Boot is compiled as 32-bit code.

Can we do something like the following?

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64

static u64 read_main_counter(void *regs)

{
	return readq(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT);
}

#else

/*
* Read the main counter as two 32-bit registers,
* repeat if rollover happens.
*/
static u64 read_main_counter(void *regs)

{
	u64 now_tick;
	u32 tl, th, th0;

	th = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);
	do {
		th0 = th;
		tl = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L);
		th = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);
		now_tick = th;
		now_tick <<= 32;
		now_tick |= tl;
	} while (th != th0);

	return now_tick;
}

#endif

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PATCH v2 1/1 timer: add High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support

Quoted 4 lines · Ivan Gorinov
Quoted 3 lines · Andy Shevchenko
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drivers/timer/hpet_timer.c new file +2 -0
+               tl = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L);
+               th = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);
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Ditto.

If readq() is defined as two read operations in 32-bit code, main counter rollover (low part overflow, high part increment) can happen between them.

And how this contradicts ther current code?

It just does not make the code simpler,

...b/c you misread what I suggested.

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rollover check is
still required if U-Boot is compiled as 32-bit code.

Can we do something like the following?

Yes, but... why?

What's wrong with replacing two sequential 32-bit reads with one 64-bit?

See below.

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#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64

static u64 read_main_counter(void *regs)

{
        return readq(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT);
}

#else

/*
* Read the main counter as two 32-bit registers,
* repeat if rollover happens.
*/
static u64 read_main_counter(void *regs)

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{
        u64 now_tick;
        u32 tl, th, th0;

        th = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);
        do {

now_tick = readq();

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                th0 = th;
                tl = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_L);
                th = readl(regs + HPET_MAIN_COUNT_H);
                now_tick = th;
                now_tick <<= 32;
                now_tick |= tl;

        } while (th != th0);

} while (th != (now_tick >> 32));

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        return now_tick;
}

#endif

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Andy Shevchenko
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If readq() is defined as two read operations in 32-bit code, main counter rollover (low part overflow, high part increment) can happen between them.

And how this contradicts ther current code?

It just does not make the code simpler,

...b/c you misread what I suggested.

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rollover check is
still required if U-Boot is compiled as 32-bit code. Can we do something like the following?

Yes, but... why?
What's wrong with replacing two sequential 32-bit reads with one 64-bit?

Doesn't readX/writeX imply a single I/O operation? It may be misleading to define it as two.

Assuming MMX or SSE2 to be supported by all x86 processors, 64-bit I/O registers can be accessed as a single operation even in 32-bit code:

static inline u64 readq(void *addr)

{
	u64 value;

	asm volatile ("movq (%0), %%xmm0" : : "r" (addr));
	asm volatile ("movq %%xmm0, %0" : "=m" (value));

	return value;
}

I can add these definitions to "asm/io.h".

#8 lore raw

PATCH v2 1/1 timer: add High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support

Quoted 9 lines · Ivan Gorinov
Quoted 8 lines · Andy Shevchenko
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If readq() is defined as two read operations in 32-bit code, main counter rollover (low part overflow, high part increment) can happen between them.

And how this contradicts ther current code?

It just does not make the code simpler,

...b/c you misread what I suggested.

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rollover check is
still required if U-Boot is compiled as 32-bit code. Can we do something like the following?

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Yes, but... why?
What's wrong with replacing two sequential 32-bit reads with one 64-bit?

Doesn't readX/writeX imply a single I/O operation? It may be misleading to define it as two.

Assuming MMX or SSE2 to be supported by all x86 processors, 64-bit I/O registers can be accessed as a single operation even in 32-bit code:

Adding such requirement (MMX or SSE2) to U-Boot is not good. Why do we require MMX or SSE2 for readq? Can we use general purpose registers?

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static inline u64 readq(void *addr)

{
        u64 value;

        asm volatile ("movq (%0), %%xmm0" : : "r" (addr));
        asm volatile ("movq %%xmm0, %0" : "=m" (value));

        return value;
}

I can add these definitions to "asm/io.h".

Regards,
Bin

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PATCH v2 1/1 timer: add High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support

Quoted 9 lines · Bin Meng
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Doesn't readX/writeX imply a single I/O operation? It may be misleading to define it as two.

Assuming MMX or SSE2 to be supported by all x86 processors, 64-bit I/O registers can be accessed as a single operation even in 32-bit code:

Adding such requirement (MMX or SSE2) to U-Boot is not good. Why do we require MMX or SSE2 for readq? Can we use general purpose registers?

In 32-bit code, we can't make a 64-bit memory read operation using only general purpose registers.

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static inline u64 readq(void *addr)

{
        u64 value;

        asm volatile ("movq (%0), %%xmm0" : : "r" (addr));
        asm volatile ("movq %%xmm0, %0" : "=m" (value));

        return value;
}

I can add these definitions to "asm/io.h".

#10 lore raw

PATCH v2 1/1 timer: add High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support

Quoted 8 lines · Ivan Gorinov
Quoted 7 lines · Bin Meng
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Doesn't readX/writeX imply a single I/O operation? It may be misleading to define it as two.

Assuming MMX or SSE2 to be supported by all x86 processors, 64-bit I/O registers can be accessed as a single operation even in 32-bit code:

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Adding such requirement (MMX or SSE2) to U-Boot is not good. Why do we require MMX or SSE2 for readq? Can we use general purpose registers?

In 32-bit code, we can't make a 64-bit memory read operation using only general purpose registers.

Exactly, that's why you have to use non-atomic variants.

Signature · 2 lines
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Andy Shevchenko
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PATCH v2 1/1 timer: add High Precision Event Timers (HPET) support

In reply to Ivan Gorinov
Quoted 5 lines · Ivan Gorinov
Quoted 4 lines · Andy Shevchenko
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If readq() is defined as two read operations in 32-bit code, main counter rollover (low part overflow, high part increment) can happen between them.

And how this contradicts ther current code?

It just does not make the code simpler,

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...b/c you misread what I suggested.

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rollover check is
still required if U-Boot is compiled as 32-bit code. Can we do something like the following?

Yes, but... why?
What's wrong with replacing two sequential 32-bit reads with one 64-bit?

Doesn't readX/writeX imply a single I/O operation?

Not always.
It depends on atomicity you would like to get.

On 32-bit platform it's impossible to do readq() at once.

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It may be misleading to define it as two.

Assuming MMX or SSE2 to be supported by all x86 processors, 64-bit I/O registers can be accessed as a single operation even in 32-bit code:

static inline u64 readq(void *addr)

{
        u64 value;

        asm volatile ("movq (%0), %%xmm0" : : "r" (addr));
        asm volatile ("movq %%xmm0, %0" : "=m" (value));

        return value;
}
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I can add these definitions to "asm/io.h".

Please, no. This is wrong approach.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko