Sstc extension allows to program the timer and receive the interrupt
without using an SBI call. This reduces the latency to generate the timer
interrupt. So, detect whether Sstc extension is supported and use the
stimecmp register directly to program the timer interrupt.
Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Cc: Rahul Kumar <rahul1.kumar@intel.com>
Cc: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Cc: Ray Ni <ray.ni@intel.com>
Cc: Andrei Warkentin <andrei.warkentin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sunil V L <sunilvl@ventanamicro.com>
Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrei Warkentin <andrei.warkentin@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Dhaval Sharma <dhaval@rivosinc.com>
REF: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4076
This DXE module initializes the timer interrupt handler
and installs the Arch Timer protocol.
Cc: Eric Dong <eric.dong@intel.com>
Cc: Ray Ni <ray.ni@intel.com>
Cc: Rahul Kumar <rahul1.kumar@intel.com>
Cc: Daniel Schaefer <git@danielschaefer.me>
Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sunil V L <sunilvl@ventanamicro.com>
Acked-by: Abner Chang <abner.chang@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrei Warkentin <andrei.warkentin@intel.com>
Acked-by: Ray Ni <ray.ni@Intel.com>
Sunil V L
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