in kernel/time.c [259:363]
void ia64_init_itm(void)
{
unsigned long platform_base_freq, itc_freq;
struct pal_freq_ratio itc_ratio, proc_ratio;
long status, platform_base_drift, itc_drift;
/*
* According to SAL v2.6, we need to use a SAL call to determine the platform base
* frequency and then a PAL call to determine the frequency ratio between the ITC
* and the base frequency.
*/
status = ia64_sal_freq_base(SAL_FREQ_BASE_PLATFORM,
&platform_base_freq, &platform_base_drift);
if (status != 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "SAL_FREQ_BASE_PLATFORM failed: %s\n", ia64_sal_strerror(status));
} else {
status = ia64_pal_freq_ratios(&proc_ratio, NULL, &itc_ratio);
if (status != 0)
printk(KERN_ERR "PAL_FREQ_RATIOS failed with status=%ld\n", status);
}
if (status != 0) {
/* invent "random" values */
printk(KERN_ERR
"SAL/PAL failed to obtain frequency info---inventing reasonable values\n");
platform_base_freq = 100000000;
platform_base_drift = -1; /* no drift info */
itc_ratio.num = 3;
itc_ratio.den = 1;
}
if (platform_base_freq < 40000000) {
printk(KERN_ERR "Platform base frequency %lu bogus---resetting to 75MHz!\n",
platform_base_freq);
platform_base_freq = 75000000;
platform_base_drift = -1;
}
if (!proc_ratio.den)
proc_ratio.den = 1; /* avoid division by zero */
if (!itc_ratio.den)
itc_ratio.den = 1; /* avoid division by zero */
itc_freq = (platform_base_freq*itc_ratio.num)/itc_ratio.den;
local_cpu_data->itm_delta = (itc_freq + HZ/2) / HZ;
printk(KERN_DEBUG "CPU %d: base freq=%lu.%03luMHz, ITC ratio=%u/%u, "
"ITC freq=%lu.%03luMHz", smp_processor_id(),
platform_base_freq / 1000000, (platform_base_freq / 1000) % 1000,
itc_ratio.num, itc_ratio.den, itc_freq / 1000000, (itc_freq / 1000) % 1000);
if (platform_base_drift != -1) {
itc_drift = platform_base_drift*itc_ratio.num/itc_ratio.den;
printk("+/-%ldppm\n", itc_drift);
} else {
itc_drift = -1;
printk("\n");
}
local_cpu_data->proc_freq = (platform_base_freq*proc_ratio.num)/proc_ratio.den;
local_cpu_data->itc_freq = itc_freq;
local_cpu_data->cyc_per_usec = (itc_freq + USEC_PER_SEC/2) / USEC_PER_SEC;
local_cpu_data->nsec_per_cyc = ((NSEC_PER_SEC<<IA64_NSEC_PER_CYC_SHIFT)
+ itc_freq/2)/itc_freq;
if (!(sal_platform_features & IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_ITC_DRIFT)) {
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
/* On IA64 in an SMP configuration ITCs are never accurately synchronized.
* Jitter compensation requires a cmpxchg which may limit
* the scalability of the syscalls for retrieving time.
* The ITC synchronization is usually successful to within a few
* ITC ticks but this is not a sure thing. If you need to improve
* timer performance in SMP situations then boot the kernel with the
* "nojitter" option. However, doing so may result in time fluctuating (maybe
* even going backward) if the ITC offsets between the individual CPUs
* are too large.
*/
if (!nojitter)
itc_jitter_data.itc_jitter = 1;
#endif
} else
/*
* ITC is drifty and we have not synchronized the ITCs in smpboot.c.
* ITC values may fluctuate significantly between processors.
* Clock should not be used for hrtimers. Mark itc as only
* useful for boot and testing.
*
* Note that jitter compensation is off! There is no point of
* synchronizing ITCs since they may be large differentials
* that change over time.
*
* The only way to fix this would be to repeatedly sync the
* ITCs. Until that time we have to avoid ITC.
*/
clocksource_itc.rating = 50;
/* avoid softlock up message when cpu is unplug and plugged again. */
touch_softlockup_watchdog();
/* Setup the CPU local timer tick */
ia64_cpu_local_tick();
if (!itc_clocksource) {
clocksource_register_hz(&clocksource_itc,
local_cpu_data->itc_freq);
itc_clocksource = &clocksource_itc;
}
}