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6 * Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2003 by Ralf Baechle
11 #include <asm/mipsregs.h>
14 * This is the frequency of the timer used for Linux's timer interrupt.
15 * The value should be defined as accurate as possible or under certain
16 * circumstances Linux timekeeping might become inaccurate or fail.
18 * For many system the exact clockrate of the timer isn't known but due to
19 * the way this value is used we can get away with a wrong value as long
23 * - a divisor of the actual rate
25 * 500000 is a good such cheat value.
27 * The obscure number 1193182 is the same as used by the original i8254
28 * time in legacy PC hardware; the chip unfortunately also found in a
29 * bunch of MIPS systems. The last remaining user of the i8254 for the
30 * timer interrupt is the RM200; it's a very standard system so there is
31 * no reason to make this a separate architecture.
37 * Standard way to access the cycle counter.
38 * Currently only used on SMP for scheduling.
40 * Only the low 32 bits are available as a continuously counting entity.
41 * But this only means we'll force a reschedule every 8 seconds or so,
42 * which isn't an evil thing.
44 * We know that all SMP capable CPUs have cycle counters.
47 typedef unsigned int cycles_t;
49 static inline cycles_t get_cycles (void)
51 return read_c0_count();
54 #endif /* _ASM_TIMEX_H */