the following patch was just integrated into master: commit 8e73b5d9528401a50254eb968080b814b5418152 Author: Aaron Durbin adurbin@chromium.org Date: Wed May 1 15:27:09 2013 -0500
x86: add TSC_CONSTANT_RATE option
Some boards use the local apic for udelay(), but they also provide their own implementation of udelay() for SMM. The reason for using the local apic for udelay() in ramstage is to not have to pay the penalty of calibrating the TSC frequency. Therefore provide a TSC_CONSTANT_RATE option to indicate that TSC calibration is not needed. Instead rely on the presence of a tsc_freq_mhz() function provided by the cpu/board. Additionally, assume that if TSC_CONSTANT_RATE is selected the udelay() function in SMM will be the tsc.
Change-Id: I1629c2fbe3431772b4e80495160584fb6f599e9e Signed-off-by: Aaron Durbin adurbin@chromium.org Reviewed-on: http://review.coreboot.org/3168 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net Reviewed-by: Ronald G. Minnich rminnich@gmail.com
Build-Tested: build bot (Jenkins) at Tue May 7 12:51:00 2013, giving +1 Reviewed-By: Ronald G. Minnich rminnich@gmail.com at Tue May 7 18:35:04 2013, giving +2 See http://review.coreboot.org/3168 for details.
-gerrit