1. 14 6月, 2012 1 次提交
  2. 10 5月, 2012 2 次提交
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      ixgbe: Enable timesync clock-out feature for PPS support on X540 · 681ae1ad
      Jacob E Keller 提交于
      This patch enables the PPS system in the PHC framework, by enabling
      the clock-out feature on the X540 device. Causes the SDP0 to be set as
      a 1Hz clock. Also configures the timesync interrupt cause in order to
      report each pulse to the PPS via the PHC framework, which can be used
      for general system clock synchronization. (This allows a stable method
      for tuning the general system time via the on-board SYSTIM register
      based clock.)
      Signed-off-by: NJacob E Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
      Tested-by: NStephen Ko <stephen.s.ko@intel.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
      681ae1ad
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      ixgbe: Hardware Timestamping + PTP Hardware Clock (PHC) · 3a6a4eda
      Jacob Keller 提交于
      This patch enables hardware timestamping for use with PTP software by
      extracting a ns counter from an arbitrary fixed point cycles counter.
      The hardware generates SYSTIME registers using the DMA tick which
      changes based on the current link speed. These SYSTIME registers are
      converted to ns using the cyclecounter and timecounter structures
      provided by the kernel. Using the SO_TIMESTAMPING api, software can
      enable and access timestamps for PTP packets.
      
      The SO_TIMESTAMPING API has space for 3 different kinds of timestamps,
      SYS, RAW, and SOF. SYS hardware timestamps are hardware ns values that
      are then scaled to the software clock. RAW hardware timestamps are the
      direct raw value of the ns counter. SOF software timestamps are the
      software timestamp calculated as close as possible to the software
      transmit, but are not offloaded to the hardware. This patch only
      supports the RAW hardware timestamps due to inefficiency of the SYS
      design.
      
      This patch also enables the PHC subsystem features for atomically
      adjusting the cycle register, and adjusting the clock frequency in
      parts per billion. This frequency adjustment works by slightly
      adjusting the value added to the cycle registers each DMA tick. This
      causes the hardware registers to overflow rapidly (approximately once
      every 34 seconds, when at 10gig link). To solve this, the timecounter
      structure is used, along with a timer set for every 25 seconds. This
      allows for detecting register overflow and converting the cycle
      counter registers into ns values needed for providing useful
      timestamps to the network stack.
      
      Only the basic required clock functions are supported at this time,
      although the hardware supports some ancillary features and these could
      easily be enabled in the future.
      
      Note that use of this hardware timestamping requires modifying daemon
      software to use the SO_TIMESTAMPING API for timestamps, and the
      ptp_clock PHC framework for accessing the clock. The timestamps have
      no relation to the system time at all, so software must use the posix
      clock generated by the PHC framework instead.
      Signed-off-by: NJacob E Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
      Tested-by: NStephen Ko <stephen.s.ko@intel.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
      3a6a4eda