On 27.02.15 00:19, Cyril Bur wrote: > This patch adds basic support for the VTB. > > PowerISA: > The Virtual Time Base (VTB) is a 64-bit incrementing counter. > Virtual Time Base increments at the same rate as the Time Base until its value > becomes 0xFFFF_FFFF_FFFF_FFFF (2 64 - 1); at the next increment its value > becomes 0x0000_0000_0000_0000. There is no interrupt or other indication when > this occurs. > > The operation of the Virtual Time Base has the following additional > properties. > 1. Loading a GPR from the Virtual Time Base has no effect on the accuracy of > the Virtual Time Base. > 2. Copying the contents of a GPR to the Virtual Time Base replaces the > contents of the Virtual Time Base with the contents of the GPR. > > Signed-off-by: Cyril Bur <cyril....@au1.ibm.com>
Thanks, applied to ppc-next. Alex
