lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2010]   [Aug]   [24]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    Date
    From
    SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86, apic: Add apic calibration hook.
    Alok,

    On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Alok Kataria wrote:

    > Hi Thomas,
    >
    > Thanks for taking a look.
    >
    > On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 06:37 -0700, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
    > > On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, Alok Kataria wrote:
    > > >
    > > > +static void __init initialize_lapic_clkevt(long delta)
    > > > +{
    > > > + /* Calculate the scaled math multiplication factor */
    > > > + lapic_clockevent.mult = div_sc(delta, TICK_NSEC * LAPIC_CAL_LOOPS,
    > > > + lapic_clockevent.shift);
    > > > + lapic_clockevent.max_delta_ns =
    > > > + clockevent_delta2ns(0x7FFFFF, &lapic_clockevent);
    > > > + lapic_clockevent.min_delta_ns =
    > > > + clockevent_delta2ns(0xF, &lapic_clockevent);
    > > > +}
    > > > +
    > > > static int __init calibrate_APIC_clock(void)
    > > > {
    > > > + apic_calibration_res = x86_init.timers.calibrate_apic();
    > > > + if (apic_calibration_res) {
    > > > + struct clock_event_device *levt = &__get_cpu_var(lapic_events);
    > > > + long delta;
    > > > +
    > > > + if (lapic_clockevent.mult)
    > > > + return 0;
    > >
    > > Why is this necessary ? calibrate_APIC_clock() is only called once.
    > >
    >
    > Yes, though timer.calibrate_apci() could behave differently on different
    > platforms. For eg. the vmware_calibrate_apic doesn't initialize any of
    > the lapic_clockevent state and we need this to set it up in that case.

    Can we please make this consistent ?

    Thanks,

    tglx


    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2010-08-24 23:53    [W:4.044 / U:0.028 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site