Kernel: Add simple support for timer using TSC

2 files changed, 67 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/arch/i386/asm_tsc.s b/kernel/arch/i386/asm_tsc.s
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+++ b/kernel/arch/i386/asm_tsc.s
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+.intel_syntax noprefix
+
+.global get_tsc
+.global get_hz
+
+# 1.193182 MHz
+# So 0xFFFF is roughly 0.05492 seconds
+# So take the result times 18 and you got your Hz
+
+get_tsc:
+	rdtsc
+	ret
+
+get_hz:
+	cli
+	# Disable the gate for channel 2 so the clock can be set.
+	# This should only matter if the channel already has count
+	inb al, 0x61
+	and al, 0xFE
+	or al, 0x1
+	outb 0x61, al
+
+	# Set mode
+	mov al, 0b10110010
+	outb 0x43, al
+
+	# 0x2e9b = 11931 which is close to the PIT Hz divided by 100
+	mov al, 0x9b
+	outb 0x42, al
+	mov al, 0x2e
+	outb 0x42, al
+
+	rdtsc
+	mov ecx, eax
+	mov esi, edx
+
+	# Set the gate for channel 2
+	inb al, 0x61
+	or al, 0x1
+	outb 0x61, al
+
+	# The fifth bit will(seems to) flip when the count is low.
+	and al, 0x20
+	jnz none_zero_check
+
+zero_check:
+	inb al, 0x61
+	andb al, 0x20
+	cmp al, 0
+	jz zero_check
+	jmp end
+
+none_zero_check:
+	inb al, 0x61
+	andb al, 0x20
+	cmp al, 0
+	jnz none_zero_check
+end:
+	rdtsc
+
+	sub eax, ecx
+	sub edx, esi
+	ret
diff --git a/kernel/arch/i386/tsc.h b/kernel/arch/i386/tsc.h
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+++ b/kernel/arch/i386/tsc.h
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+#include <typedefs.h>
+
+u64 get_tsc();
+u64 get_hz();