1 files changed, 53 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c b/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c
index 29cb2eb343636..a276bceade68e 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * i8253.c  8253/PIT functions
  *
  */
+#include <linux/clocksource.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/sysdev.h>
@@ -30,3 +31,55 @@ void setup_pit_timer(void)
 	outb(LATCH >> 8 , PIT_CH0);	/* MSB */
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8253_lock, flags);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Since the PIT overflows every tick, its not very useful
+ * to just read by itself. So use jiffies to emulate a free
+ * running counter:
+ */
+static cycle_t pit_read(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int count;
+	u64 jifs;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&i8253_lock, flags);
+	outb_p(0x00, PIT_MODE);	/* latch the count ASAP */
+	count = inb_p(PIT_CH0);	/* read the latched count */
+	count |= inb_p(PIT_CH0) << 8;
+
+	/* VIA686a test code... reset the latch if count > max + 1 */
+	if (count > LATCH) {
+		outb_p(0x34, PIT_MODE);
+		outb_p(LATCH & 0xff, PIT_CH0);
+		outb(LATCH >> 8, PIT_CH0);
+		count = LATCH - 1;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8253_lock, flags);
+
+	jifs = jiffies_64;
+
+	jifs -= INITIAL_JIFFIES;
+	count = (LATCH-1) - count;
+
+	return (cycle_t)(jifs * LATCH) + count;
+}
+
+static struct clocksource clocksource_pit = {
+	.name	= "pit",
+	.rating = 110,
+	.read	= pit_read,
+	.mask	= (cycle_t)-1,
+	.mult	= 0,
+	.shift	= 20,
+};
+
+static int __init init_pit_clocksource(void)
+{
+	if (num_possible_cpus() > 4) /* PIT does not scale! */
+		return 0;
+
+	clocksource_pit.mult = clocksource_hz2mult(CLOCK_TICK_RATE, 20);
+	return register_clocksource(&clocksource_pit);
+}
+module_init(init_pit_clocksource);