[Qemu-devel] [PATCH/RFC 3/4] Add support for HPET periodic timer.

[Luca Tettamanti]

Linux operates the HPET timer in legacy replacement mode, which means that
the periodic interrupt of the CMOS RTC is not delivered (qemu won't be able
to use /dev/rtc). Add support for HPET (/dev/hpet) as a replacement for the
RTC; the periodic interrupt is delivered via SIGIO and is handled in the
same way as the RTC timer.

Signed-off-by: Luca Tettamanti <address@hidden>
---
 qemu/vl.c |   57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu/vl.c b/qemu/vl.c
index f0b4896..0373beb 100644
--- a/qemu/vl.c
+++ b/qemu/vl.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <pty.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <linux/rtc.h>
+#include <linux/hpet.h>
 #include <linux/ppdev.h>
 #endif
 #endif
@@ -773,6 +774,9 @@ static void unix_stop_timer(struct qemu_alarm_timer *t);
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 
+static int hpet_start_timer(struct qemu_alarm_timer *t);
+static void hpet_stop_timer(struct qemu_alarm_timer *t);
+
 static int rtc_start_timer(struct qemu_alarm_timer *t);
 static void rtc_stop_timer(struct qemu_alarm_timer *t);
 
@@ -782,7 +786,9 @@ static void rtc_stop_timer(struct qemu_alarm_timer *t);
 
 static struct qemu_alarm_timer alarm_timers[] = {
 #ifdef __linux__
-    /* RTC - if available - is preferred */
+    /* HPET - if available - is preferred */
+    {"hpet", hpet_start_timer, hpet_stop_timer, NULL},
+    /* ...otherwise try RTC */
     {"rtc", rtc_start_timer, rtc_stop_timer, NULL},
 #endif
 #ifndef _WIN32
@@ -1117,6 +1123,55 @@ static void enable_sigio_timer(int fd)
     fcntl(fd, F_SETOWN, getpid());
 }
 
+static int hpet_start_timer(struct qemu_alarm_timer *t)
+{
+    struct hpet_info info;
+    int r, fd;
+
+    fd = open("/dev/hpet", O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    /* Set frequency */
+    r = ioctl(fd, HPET_IRQFREQ, RTC_FREQ);
+    if (r < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Could not configure '/dev/hpet' to have a 1024Hz 
timer. This is not a fatal\n"
+                "error, but for better emulation accuracy type:\n"
+                "'echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/hpet/max-user-freq' as root.\n");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    /* Check capabilities */
+    r = ioctl(fd, HPET_INFO, &info);
+    if (r < 0)
+        goto fail;
+
+    /* Enable periodic mode */
+    r = ioctl(fd, HPET_EPI, 0);
+    if (info.hi_flags && (r < 0))
+        goto fail;
+
+    /* Enable interrupt */
+    r = ioctl(fd, HPET_IE_ON, 0);
+    if (r < 0)
+        goto fail;
+
+    enable_sigio_timer(fd);
+    t->priv = (void *)fd;
+
+    return 0;
+fail:
+    close(fd);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static void hpet_stop_timer(struct qemu_alarm_timer *t)
+{
+    int fd = (int)t->priv;
+
+    close(fd);
+}
+
 static int rtc_start_timer(struct qemu_alarm_timer *t)
 {
     int rtc_fd;
-- 
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