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[v4,07/21] target/mips/cp0_timer: Document TIMER_PERIOD origin

Message ID 20201012095804.3335117-8-f4bug@amsat.org
State Superseded
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Series hw/mips: Set CPU frequency | expand

Commit Message

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Oct. 12, 2020, 9:57 a.m. UTC 
TIMER_PERIOD value of '10 ns' can be explained looking at
commit 6af0bf9c7c3doc, where the CPU frequency is 200 MHz
and CP0 default count rate is half the frequency of the
CPU. Document that.

Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
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 target/mips/cp0_timer.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/target/mips/cp0_timer.c b/target/mips/cp0_timer.c
index 5194c967ae3..6fec5fe0ff7 100644
--- a/target/mips/cp0_timer.c
+++ b/target/mips/cp0_timer.c
@@ -27,7 +27,17 @@ 
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "internal.h"
 
-#define TIMER_PERIOD 10 /* 10 ns period for 100 Mhz frequency */
+/*
+ * Since commit 6af0bf9c7c3 this model assumes a CPU clocked at 200MHz
+ * and a CP0 timer running at half the clock of the CPU (cp0_count_rate = 2).
+ *
+ * TIMER_FREQ_HZ = CPU_FREQ_HZ / CP0_COUNT_RATE = 200 MHz / 2 = 100 MHz
+ *
+ * TIMER_PERIOD_NS = 1 / TIMER_FREQ_HZ = 10 ns
+ */
+#define CPU_FREQ_HZ_DEFAULT     200000000
+#define CP0_COUNT_RATE_DEFAULT  2
+#define TIMER_PERIOD            10  /* 1 / (CPU_FREQ_HZ / CP0_COUNT_RATE) */
 
 /* MIPS R4K timer */
 static void cpu_mips_timer_update(CPUMIPSState *env)