arch/tile: fix __ndelay etc to work better

The current implementations of __ndelay and __udelay call a hypervisor
service to delay, but the hypervisor service isn't actually implemented
very well, and the consensus is that Linux should handle figuring this
out natively and not use a hypervisor service.

By converting nanoseconds to cycles, and then spinning until the
cycle counter reaches the desired cycle, we get several benefits:
first, we are sensitive to the actual clock speed; second, we use
less power by issuing a slow SPR read once every six cycles while
we delay; and third, we properly handle the case of an interrupt by
exiting at the target time rather than after some number of cycles.

Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
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Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 13:21:52 -05:00
parent 04f7a3f12e
commit 1337173148
5 changed files with 34 additions and 11 deletions

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@@ -963,6 +963,11 @@ HV_ASIDRange hv_inquire_asid(int idx);
/** Waits for at least the specified number of nanoseconds then returns.
*
* NOTE: this deprecated function currently assumes a 750 MHz clock,
* and is thus not generally suitable for use. New code should call
* hv_sysconf(HV_SYSCONF_CPU_SPEED), compute a cycle count to wait for,
* and delay by looping while checking the cycle counter SPR.
*
* @param nanosecs The number of nanoseconds to sleep.
*/