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1*bad58c9cSBen Gras #include <sys/types.h>
2*bad58c9cSBen Gras #include <minix/minlib.h>
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4*bad58c9cSBen Gras void
read_tsc(u32_t * hi,u32_t * lo)5*bad58c9cSBen Gras read_tsc(u32_t *hi, u32_t *lo)
6*bad58c9cSBen Gras {
7*bad58c9cSBen Gras /* Read Clock Cycle Counter (CCNT). Intel calls it Time Stamp Counter (TSC) */
8*bad58c9cSBen Gras 	u32_t ccnt;
9*bad58c9cSBen Gras 
10*bad58c9cSBen Gras 	/* Get value from the Performance Monitors Cycle Counter Register.
11*bad58c9cSBen Gras 	 * See ARM Architecture Reference Manual B5.1.113.
12*bad58c9cSBen Gras 	 */
13*bad58c9cSBen Gras 	asm volatile ("MRC p15, 0, %0, c9, c13, 0\t\n" : "=r" (ccnt) : : "%0");
14*bad58c9cSBen Gras 
15*bad58c9cSBen Gras 	/* The ARMv7-A clock cycle counter is only 32-bits, but read_tsc is
16*bad58c9cSBen Gras 	 * expected to return a 64-bit value. hi is therefore always 0.
17*bad58c9cSBen Gras 	 */
18*bad58c9cSBen Gras 	*hi = 0;
19*bad58c9cSBen Gras 	*lo = ccnt;
20*bad58c9cSBen Gras }
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