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- Lines: 185
- Date:
Wed Mar 6 15:07:18 1996
- Orig file:
v1.3.71/linux/drivers/char/ftape/calibr.c
- Orig date:
Thu Jan 1 02:00:00 1970
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.71/linux/drivers/char/ftape/calibr.c linux/drivers/char/ftape/calibr.c
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+/* Yo, Emacs! we're -*- Linux-C -*-
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 1993-1995 Bas Laarhoven.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+ the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+ * GP calibration routine for processor speed dependent
+ * functions.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/ftape.h>
+#include <asm/system.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
+
+#include "tracing.h"
+#include "calibr.h"
+#include "fdc-io.h"
+
+#undef DEBUG
+
+unsigned timestamp(void)
+{
+ unsigned count;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ save_flags(flags);
+ cli();
+ outb_p(0x00, 0x43); /* latch the count ASAP */
+ count = inb_p(0x40); /* read the latched count */
+ count |= inb(0x40) << 8;
+ restore_flags(flags);
+ return (LATCH - count); /* normal: downcounter */
+}
+
+int timediff(int t0, int t1)
+{
+ /* Calculate difference in usec for timestamp results t0 & t1.
+ * Note that the maximum timespan allowed is 1/HZ or we'll lose ticks!
+ */
+ if (t1 < t0) {
+ t1 += LATCH;
+ }
+ return (1000 * (t1 - t0)) / ((CLOCK_TICK_RATE + 500) / 1000);
+}
+
+/* To get an indication of the I/O performance,
+ * measure the duration of the inb() function.
+ */
+void time_inb(void)
+{
+ TRACE_FUN(8, "time_inb");
+ int i;
+ int t0, t1;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ int status;
+
+ save_flags(flags);
+ cli();
+ t0 = timestamp();
+ for (i = 0; i < 1000; ++i) {
+ status = inb(fdc.msr);
+ }
+ t1 = timestamp();
+ restore_flags(flags);
+ if (t1 - t0 <= 0) {
+ t1 += LATCH;
+ }
+ TRACEx1(4, "inb() duration: %d nsec", timediff(t0, t1));
+ TRACE_EXIT;
+}
+
+/* Haven't studied on why, but there sometimes is a problem
+ * with the tick timer readout. The two bytes get swapped.
+ * This hack solves that problem by doing one extra input.
+ */
+void fix_clock(void)
+{
+ TRACE_FUN(8, "fix_clock");
+ int t;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < 1000; ++i) {
+ t = timestamp();
+ if (t < 0) {
+ inb_p(0x40); /* get in sync again */
+ TRACE(2, "clock counter fixed");
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ TRACE_EXIT;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Input: function taking int count as parameter.
+ * pointers to calculated calibration variables.
+ */
+int calibrate(char *name, void (*fun) (int), int *calibr_count, int *calibr_time)
+{
+ TRACE_FUN(5, "calibrate");
+ static int first_time = 1;
+ int i;
+ int old_tc = 0;
+ int old_count = 1;
+ int old_time = 1;
+
+ if (first_time) { /* get idea of I/O performance */
+ fix_clock();
+ time_inb();
+ first_time = 0;
+ }
+ /* value of timeout must be set so that on very slow systems
+ * it will give a time less than one jiffy, and on
+ * very fast systems it'll give reasonable precision.
+ */
+
+ *calibr_count = 10;
+ for (i = 0; i < 15; ++i) {
+ int t0, t1;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ int once;
+ int multiple;
+ int tc;
+
+ *calibr_time = *calibr_count; /* set TC to 1 */
+ fun(0); /* dummy, get code into cache */
+ save_flags(flags);
+ cli();
+ t0 = timestamp();
+ fun(0); /* overhead + one test */
+ t1 = timestamp();
+ if (t1 < t0) {
+ t1 += LATCH;
+ }
+ once = t1 - t0;
+ t0 = timestamp();
+ fun(*calibr_count); /* overhead + multiple tests */
+ t1 = timestamp();
+ if (t1 < t0) {
+ t1 += LATCH;
+ }
+ multiple = t1 - t0;
+ restore_flags(flags);
+ *calibr_time = (10000 * (multiple - once)) / (CLOCK_TICK_RATE / 100);
+ --*calibr_count; /* because delta corresponds to this count */
+ tc = (1000 * *calibr_time) / *calibr_count;
+ TRACEx4(8, "once:%4d us,%5d times:%6d us, TC:%5d ns",
+ (10000 * once) / (CLOCK_TICK_RATE / 100),
+ *calibr_count,
+ (10000 * multiple) / (CLOCK_TICK_RATE / 100),
+ tc);
+ /*
+ * increase the count until the resulting time nears 2/HZ,
+ * then the tc will drop sharply because we lose LATCH counts.
+ */
+ if (tc <= old_tc / 2) {
+ *calibr_time = old_time;
+ *calibr_count = old_count;
+ break;
+ }
+ old_tc = tc;
+ old_count = *calibr_count;
+ old_time = *calibr_time;
+ *calibr_count *= 2;
+ }
+ TRACEx3(4, "TC for `%s()' = %d nsec (at %d counts)",
+ name, (1000 * *calibr_time) / *calibr_count, *calibr_count);
+ TRACE_EXIT;
+ return 0;
+}
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