/* timer.c * * This file manages the benchmark timer used by the RTEMS Timing Test * Suite. Each measured time period is demarcated by calls to * benchmark_timer_initialize() and benchmark_timer_read(). benchmark_timer_read() usually returns * the number of microseconds since benchmark_timer_initialize() exitted. * * NOTE: It is important that the timer start/stop overhead be * determined when porting or modifying this code. * * COPYRIGHT (c) 1989-1999. * On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR). * * The license and distribution terms for this file may be * found in the file LICENSE in this distribution or at * http://www.rtems.com/license/LICENSE. * * $Id$ */ #include #include #include uint32_t Timer_interrupts; rtems_boolean benchmark_timer_find_average_overhead; static uint32_t start; void benchmark_timer_initialize( void ) { /* * Timer has never overflowed. This may not be necessary on some * implemenations of timer but .... */ c4x_timer_stop(C4X_TIMER_0); c4x_timer_set_period(C4X_TIMER_0, 0xffffffff); /* so no interupts */ c4x_timer_start(C4X_TIMER_0); start = c4x_timer_get_counter(C4X_TIMER_0); Timer_interrupts = 0; /* * Somehow start the timer */ } /* * The following controls the behavior of benchmark_timer_read(). * * AVG_OVEREHAD is the overhead for starting and stopping the timer. It * is usually deducted from the number returned. * * LEAST_VALID is the lowest number this routine should trust. Numbers * below this are "noise" and zero is returned. */ #define AVG_OVERHEAD 0 /* It typically takes X.X microseconds */ /* (Y countdowns) to start/stop the timer. */ /* This value is in microseconds. */ #define LEAST_VALID 1 /* Don't trust a clicks value lower than this */ int benchmark_timer_read( void ) { uint32_t clicks; uint32_t total; int tmp; /* * Read the timer and see how many clicks it has been since we started. */ clicks = c4x_timer_get_counter(C4X_TIMER_0); clicks -= start; /* * Total is calculated by taking into account the number of timer overflow * interrupts since the timer was initialized and clicks since the last * interrupts. */ total = clicks * 1; if ( benchmark_timer_find_average_overhead == 1 ) { return total; /* in count units where each count is */ /* 1 / (clock frequency/2) */ } else { if ( total < LEAST_VALID ) return 0; /* below timer resolution */ /* * Somehow convert total into microseconds */ tmp = (int) ((float) total * ((1.0 / 25.0))); return (tmp - AVG_OVERHEAD); } } void benchmark_timer_disable_subtracting_average_overhead( rtems_boolean find_flag ) { benchmark_timer_find_average_overhead = find_flag; }