path: root/packages/linux/nslu2-kernel/2.6.15/85-timer.patch

--- linux-2.6.15/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/common.c	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.15/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/common.c	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -239,36 +239,165 @@ void __init ixp4xx_init_irq(void)
  * IXP4xx timer tick
  * We use OS timer1 on the CPU for the timer tick and the timestamp 
  * counter as a source of real clock ticks to account for missed jiffies.
+ *
+ * 'CLOCK_TICK_RATE' is the nominal number of internal ticks per second,
+ * this is significantly greater than the actual number on any ixp4xx
+ * board.  Neither this nor 'LATCH' are required by this code because
+ * the only requirement is to generate HZ timer_tick calls per second.
  *************************************************************************/
+#if TICK_NSEC * HZ != 1000000000
+	/* This will cause the jiffies to drift unnecessarily. */
+#	error CLOCK_TICK_RATE should be a multiple of HZ for this code
+#endif
+
+/* These are the control registers for the interrupt handler, they must
+ * only be read and written by the interrupt handler and by the init
+ * method (which sets them to 0).
+ */
+static volatile u32 last_timer_time;
+static volatile int accumulated_error;
+
+/* Most ixp4xx boards have 66.6666MHz crystals, so default to this, reset
+ * this from the board level code if required.  The following variables
+ * must be *written* only by set_board_tick_rate
+ */
+static u32 board_tick_rate;
+static u32 board_tick_per_1000; /* board_tick_rate/1000 */
+static u32 timer_count;
+
+/* The following symbol may be written to change the current tick rate,
+ * it is read by the interrupt handler and used to reload the timer.
+ * The 'real' value (the one in use) is 'board_tick_rate' above.
+ * NOTE: this can be tweaked to match the actual crystal on a particular
+ * machine.
+ */
+volatile u32 ixp4xx_board_tick_rate = 66666600;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ixp4xx_board_tick_rate);
+
+/* The set API may run asynchronously in the presence of interrupts,
+ * everything it does it is both atomic and complete (notice that it
+ * doesn't change any of the 'volatile' values).  The mathematics in
+ * here require the following values.  Changing the board tick rate
+ * implies an unknown error in the current timestamp tick count.
+ */
+#if IXP4XX_OST_RELOAD_MASK != 3 || IXP4XX_OST_ENABLE != 1
+#	error unexpected value for timer reload mask
+#endif
+static void set_board_tick_rate(u32 rate) {
+	u32 reload;
+
+	/* Store the two effectively informational rate values, the
+	 * error calculation is (rate - count*HZ) (above), and rate
+	 * is changed first, this can cause a temporary error which
+	 * will be corrected on the next interrupt.
+	 */
+	board_tick_rate = rate;
+	board_tick_per_1000 = (rate+500)/1000;
+
+	/* Calculate the correct value to load into the timer countdown
+	 * register, the low two bits must be b01 (to enable the timer).
+	 * Select the top bits to be as close to the desired value as
+	 * possible.
+	 *
+	 * First find the best value, regardless of the low two bits -
+	 * this is the value used in the interrupt calculation even though
+	 * it cannot necessarily be set into the register.
+	 */
+	timer_count = (rate + (HZ/2))/HZ;
+
+	/* Now the timer_ticks are being generated at this rate, calculate
+	 * an appropriate value for the register.  This stores a 30 bit
+	 * value which gives a period of 4*x+1, we want:
+	 *
+	 *   4*x+1 = board_tick_rate/HZ
+	 *
+	 * This needs to be rounded to the closest 4*HZ value:
+	 * 
+	 *   x = ((board_tick_rate-HZ) + (4*HZ)/2) / 4*HZ
+	 *   x = (board_tick_rate+HZ) / (4*HZ);
+	 */
+	reload = (board_tick_rate + HZ) / HZ;
+	reload = (reload & ~IXP4XX_OST_RELOAD_MASK) | IXP4XX_OST_ENABLE;
+	*IXP4XX_OSRT1 = reload;
 
-static unsigned volatile last_jiffy_time;
+	/* If the clock is drifing, look in syslog: */
+	printk(KERN_INFO "IXP4xx: FREQ=%d COUNT=%d\n", rate, reload);
+}
 
-#define CLOCK_TICKS_PER_USEC	((CLOCK_TICK_RATE + USEC_PER_SEC/2) / USEC_PER_SEC)
+/* This returns the time in timer ticks since the 'last_timer_time'
+ * recorded above.  Use this to avoid arithmetic errors because of
+ * the overflow when the timer wraps.
+ */
+static inline u32 ixp4xx_timer_delta(void)
+{
+	return *IXP4XX_OSTS - last_timer_time;
+}
 
 /* IRQs are disabled before entering here from do_gettimeofday() */
 static unsigned long ixp4xx_gettimeoffset(void)
 {
-	u32 elapsed;
-
-	elapsed = *IXP4XX_OSTS - last_jiffy_time;
+	/* Return the offset of the current time from the last time
+	 * timer tick in microseconds.  This is only used for the
+	 * gettimeofday call.
+	 *
+	 * The result of this API is at most about 20000 (for a 50Hz
+	 * HZ - 20000 uS/tick), the input delta is at most about
+	 * 1.3M - 21 bits.
+	 */
+	u32 delta = ixp4xx_timer_delta(); /* About 21 bits max */
+	/* return delta * 1000000 / board_tick_rate; */
+	return (delta * 1000 + board_tick_per_1000/2) / board_tick_per_1000;
+}
 
-	return elapsed / CLOCK_TICKS_PER_USEC;
+/* This is the correct adjustment to the counter to compensate for an
+ * error iff timer_count-1 <= exact_count <= timer_count+1
+ */
+static inline int adjustment(int error) {
+	if (error >= HZ)
+		return 1;
+	else if (error <= -HZ)
+		return -1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t ixp4xx_timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	u32 rate;
+	u32 count;
+	int error;
+
 	write_seqlock(&xtime_lock);
 
 	/* Clear Pending Interrupt by writing '1' to it */
 	*IXP4XX_OSST = IXP4XX_OSST_TIMER_1_PEND;
 
+	/* If the board tick rate has been changed update the cached
+	 * value.
+	 */
+	if (ixp4xx_board_tick_rate != board_tick_rate) {
+		set_board_tick_rate(ixp4xx_board_tick_rate);
+		accumulated_error = 0;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Catch up with the real idea of time
+	 *
+	 * board_tick_rate: actual ixp4xx ticks/second, read-only
+	 * accumulated_error: aggregate error/tick * HZ, read/write
+	 * timer_count: best ixp4xx ticks per timer_tick, read-only
 	 */
-	while ((*IXP4XX_OSTS - last_jiffy_time) > LATCH) {
+	rate = board_tick_rate;
+	error = accumulated_error;
+	count = timer_count;
+	do {
+		u32 adjusted_count = count + adjustment(error);
+		if (ixp4xx_timer_delta() < adjusted_count)
+			break;
 		timer_tick(regs);
-		last_jiffy_time += LATCH;
-	}
+		last_timer_time += adjusted_count;
+		error += rate - adjusted_count*HZ;
+	} while (1);
+	accumulated_error = error;
 
 	write_sequnlock(&xtime_lock);
 
@@ -281,17 +410,30 @@ static struct irqaction ixp4xx_timer_irq
 	.handler	= ixp4xx_timer_interrupt,
 };
 
+u32 ixp4xx_get_board_tick_rate(void) {
+	return board_tick_rate;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ixp4xx_get_board_tick_rate);
+
+void ixp4xx_set_board_tick_rate(u32 rate) {
+	ixp4xx_board_tick_rate = rate;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ixp4xx_set_board_tick_rate);
+
 static void __init ixp4xx_timer_init(void)
 {
 	/* Clear Pending Interrupt by writing '1' to it */
 	*IXP4XX_OSST = IXP4XX_OSST_TIMER_1_PEND;
 
 	/* Setup the Timer counter value */
-	*IXP4XX_OSRT1 = (LATCH & ~IXP4XX_OST_RELOAD_MASK) | IXP4XX_OST_ENABLE;
+	set_board_tick_rate(ixp4xx_board_tick_rate);
 
 	/* Reset time-stamp counter */
 	*IXP4XX_OSTS = 0;
-	last_jiffy_time = 0;
+	last_timer_time = 0;
+	accumulated_error = 0;
 
 	/* Connect the interrupt handler and enable the interrupt */
 	setup_irq(IRQ_IXP4XX_TIMER1, &ixp4xx_timer_irq);
@@ -337,4 +479,3 @@ void __init ixp4xx_sys_init(void)
 				ARRAY_SIZE(ixp46x_devices));
 	}
 }
-
--- linux-2.6.15/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/nslu2-setup.c	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.15/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/nslu2-setup.c	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ static void nslu2_power_off(void)
 
 static void __init nslu2_init(void)
 {
+	/* The NSLU2 has a 33MHz crystal on board - 1.01% different
+	 * from the typical value.
+	 */
+	ixp4xx_set_board_tick_rate(66000000);
+
 	ixp4xx_sys_init();
 
 	pm_power_off = nslu2_power_off;
--- linux-2.6.15/drivers/input/misc/nslu2spkr.c	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.15/drivers/input/misc/nslu2spkr.c	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int nslu2_spkr_event(struct input
 	}
 
 	if (value > 20 && value < 32767)
-		count = (NSLU2_FREQ / (value*4)) - 1;
+		count = (ixp4xx_get_board_tick_rate() / (value*4)) - 1;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&beep_lock, flags);
 
--- linux-2.6.15/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/nslu2.h	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.15/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/nslu2.h	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@
 #define NSLU2_PCI_INTD_PIN	8
 
 
-/* NSLU2 Timer */
-#define NSLU2_FREQ 66000000
-#define NSLU2_CLOCK_TICK_RATE (((NSLU2_FREQ / HZ & ~IXP4XX_OST_RELOAD_MASK) + 1) * HZ)
-#define NSLU2_CLOCK_TICKS_PER_USEC ((NSLU2_CLOCK_TICK_RATE + USEC_PER_SEC/2) / USEC_PER_SEC)
-
 /* GPIO */
 
 #define NSLU2_GPIO0		0
--- linux-2.6.15/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/timex.h	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.15/include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/timex.h	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -6,10 +6,23 @@
 #include <asm/hardware.h>
 
 /*
- * We use IXP425 General purpose timer for our timer needs, it runs at 
- * 66.66... MHz. We do a convulted calculation of CLOCK_TICK_RATE b/c the
- * timer register ignores the bottom 2 bits of the LATCH value.
+ * In linux/timex.h 'LATCH' is defined as CLOCK_TICK_RATE/HZ and
+ * is the number of internal counts per timer interrupt.  Thus
+ * CLOCK_TICK_RATE is LATCH*HZ.
+ *
+ * The actual values of these numbers do not matter, because they
+ * are only used to calculate ACTHZ (rate/latch as a 24.8 fixed
+ * point number), so the value here gives a LATCH of 1 and pretty
+ * much guarantees to flush out any off-by-one errors.
+ *
+ * ACTHZ is equal to HZ, because CLOCK_TICK_RATE is a multiple of
+ * HZ, this is checked in the ixp4xx/common.c code.
  */
-#define FREQ 66666666
-#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE (((FREQ / HZ & ~IXP4XX_OST_RELOAD_MASK) + 1) * HZ)
+#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE HZ
 
+/* The following allow the exact board tick rate to be set and
+ * discovered.  The value should be exactly twice the frequency
+ * (in Hz) of the onboard crystal.
+ */
+extern u32 ixp4xx_get_board_tick_rate(void);
+extern void ixp4xx_set_board_tick_rate(u32 new_rate);