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diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/timex.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/timex.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..afa0c45 --- /dev/null +++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/timex.h @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +/* + * linux/include/asm-alpha/timex.h + * + * ALPHA architecture timex specifications + */ +#ifndef _ASMALPHA_TIMEX_H +#define _ASMALPHA_TIMEX_H + +/* With only one or two oddballs, we use the RTC as the ticker, selecting + the 32.768kHz reference clock, which nicely divides down to our HZ. */ +#define CLOCK_TICK_RATE 32768 + +/* + * Standard way to access the cycle counter. + * Currently only used on SMP for scheduling. + * + * Only the low 32 bits are available as a continuously counting entity. + * But this only means we'll force a reschedule every 8 seconds or so, + * which isn't an evil thing. + */ + +typedef unsigned int cycles_t; + +static inline cycles_t get_cycles (void) +{ + cycles_t ret; + __asm__ __volatile__ ("rpcc %0" : "=r"(ret)); + return ret; +} + +#endif |