1 /** @file
2   Timer Architectural Protocol as defined in PI Specification VOLUME 2 DXE
3 
4   This code is used to provide the timer tick for the DXE core.
5 
6   Copyright (c) 2006 - 2008, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
7   This program and the accompanying materials
8   are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
9   which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at
10   http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
11 
12   THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
13   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
14 
15 **/
16 
17 #ifndef __ARCH_PROTOCOL_TIMER_H__
18 #define __ARCH_PROTOCOL_TIMER_H__
19 
20 ///
21 /// Global ID for the Timer Architectural Protocol
22 ///
23 #define EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL_GUID \
24   { 0x26baccb3, 0x6f42, 0x11d4, {0xbc, 0xe7, 0x0, 0x80, 0xc7, 0x3c, 0x88, 0x81 } }
25 
26 ///
27 /// Declare forward reference for the Timer Architectural Protocol
28 ///
29 typedef struct _EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL   EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL;
30 
31 /**
32   This function of this type is called when a timer interrupt fires.  This
33   function executes at TPL_HIGH_LEVEL.  The DXE Core will register a funtion
34   of this type to be called for the timer interrupt, so it can know how much
35   time has passed.  This information is used to signal timer based events.
36 
37   @param  Time   Time since the last timer interrupt in 100 ns units. This will
38                  typically be TimerPeriod, but if a timer interrupt is missed, and the
39                  EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL driver can detect missed interrupts, then Time
40                  will contain the actual amount of time since the last interrupt.
41 
42   None.
43 
44 **/
45 typedef
46 VOID
47 (EFIAPI *EFI_TIMER_NOTIFY)(
48   IN UINT64  Time
49   );
50 
51 /**
52   This function registers the handler NotifyFunction so it is called every time
53   the timer interrupt fires.  It also passes the amount of time since the last
54   handler call to the NotifyFunction.  If NotifyFunction is NULL, then the
55   handler is unregistered.  If the handler is registered, then EFI_SUCCESS is
56   returned.  If the CPU does not support registering a timer interrupt handler,
57   then EFI_UNSUPPORTED is returned.  If an attempt is made to register a handler
58   when a handler is already registered, then EFI_ALREADY_STARTED is returned.
59   If an attempt is made to unregister a handler when a handler is not registered,
60   then EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER is returned.  If an error occurs attempting to
61   register the NotifyFunction with the timer interrupt, then EFI_DEVICE_ERROR
62   is returned.
63 
64   @param  This             The EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL instance.
65   @param  NotifyFunction   The function to call when a timer interrupt fires. This
66                            function executes at TPL_HIGH_LEVEL. The DXE Core will
67                            register a handler for the timer interrupt, so it can know
68                            how much time has passed. This information is used to
69                            signal timer based events. NULL will unregister the handler.
70 
71   @retval EFI_SUCCESS           The timer handler was registered.
72   @retval EFI_UNSUPPORTED       The platform does not support timer interrupts.
73   @retval EFI_ALREADY_STARTED   NotifyFunction is not NULL, and a handler is already
74                                 registered.
75   @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER NotifyFunction is NULL, and a handler was not
76                                 previously registered.
77   @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR      The timer handler could not be registered.
78 
79 **/
80 typedef
81 EFI_STATUS
82 (EFIAPI *EFI_TIMER_REGISTER_HANDLER)(
83   IN EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL    *This,
84   IN EFI_TIMER_NOTIFY           NotifyFunction
85 );
86 
87 /**
88   This function adjusts the period of timer interrupts to the value specified
89   by TimerPeriod.  If the timer period is updated, then the selected timer
90   period is stored in EFI_TIMER.TimerPeriod, and EFI_SUCCESS is returned.  If
91   the timer hardware is not programmable, then EFI_UNSUPPORTED is returned.
92   If an error occurs while attempting to update the timer period, then the
93   timer hardware will be put back in its state prior to this call, and
94   EFI_DEVICE_ERROR is returned.  If TimerPeriod is 0, then the timer interrupt
95   is disabled.  This is not the same as disabling the CPU's interrupts.
96   Instead, it must either turn off the timer hardware, or it must adjust the
97   interrupt controller so that a CPU interrupt is not generated when the timer
98   interrupt fires.
99 
100   @param  This             The EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL instance.
101   @param  TimerPeriod      The rate to program the timer interrupt in 100 nS units. If
102                            the timer hardware is not programmable, then EFI_UNSUPPORTED is
103                            returned. If the timer is programmable, then the timer period
104                            will be rounded up to the nearest timer period that is supported
105                            by the timer hardware. If TimerPeriod is set to 0, then the
106                            timer interrupts will be disabled.
107 
108   @retval EFI_SUCCESS           The timer period was changed.
109   @retval EFI_UNSUPPORTED       The platform cannot change the period of the timer interrupt.
110   @retval EFI_DEVICE_ERROR      The timer period could not be changed due to a device error.
111 
112 **/
113 typedef
114 EFI_STATUS
115 (EFIAPI *EFI_TIMER_SET_TIMER_PERIOD)(
116   IN EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL    *This,
117   IN UINT64                     TimerPeriod
118   );
119 
120 /**
121   This function retrieves the period of timer interrupts in 100 ns units,
122   returns that value in TimerPeriod, and returns EFI_SUCCESS.  If TimerPeriod
123   is NULL, then EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER is returned.  If a TimerPeriod of 0 is
124   returned, then the timer is currently disabled.
125 
126   @param  This             The EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL instance.
127   @param  TimerPeriod      A pointer to the timer period to retrieve in 100 ns units. If
128                            0 is returned, then the timer is currently disabled.
129 
130   @retval EFI_SUCCESS           The timer period was returned in TimerPeriod.
131   @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER TimerPeriod is NULL.
132 
133 **/
134 typedef
135 EFI_STATUS
136 (EFIAPI *EFI_TIMER_GET_TIMER_PERIOD)(
137   IN EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL      *This,
138   OUT UINT64                      *TimerPeriod
139   );
140 
141 /**
142   This function generates a soft timer interrupt. If the platform does not support soft
143   timer interrupts, then EFI_UNSUPPORTED is returned. Otherwise, EFI_SUCCESS is returned.
144   If a handler has been registered through the EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL.RegisterHandler()
145   service, then a soft timer interrupt will be generated. If the timer interrupt is
146   enabled when this service is called, then the registered handler will be invoked. The
147   registered handler should not be able to distinguish a hardware-generated timer
148   interrupt from a software-generated timer interrupt.
149 
150   @param  This                  The EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL instance.
151 
152   @retval EFI_SUCCESS           The soft timer interrupt was generated.
153   @retval EFI_UNSUPPORTEDT      The platform does not support the generation of soft timer interrupts.
154 
155 **/
156 typedef
157 EFI_STATUS
158 (EFIAPI *EFI_TIMER_GENERATE_SOFT_INTERRUPT)(
159   IN EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL    *This
160   );
161 
162 
163 ///
164 /// This protocol provides the services to initialize a periodic timer
165 /// interrupt, and to register a handler that is called each time the timer
166 /// interrupt fires.  It may also provide a service to adjust the rate of the
167 /// periodic timer interrupt.  When a timer interrupt occurs, the handler is
168 /// passed the amount of time that has passed since the previous timer
169 /// interrupt.
170 ///
171 struct _EFI_TIMER_ARCH_PROTOCOL {
172   EFI_TIMER_REGISTER_HANDLER          RegisterHandler;
173   EFI_TIMER_SET_TIMER_PERIOD          SetTimerPeriod;
174   EFI_TIMER_GET_TIMER_PERIOD          GetTimerPeriod;
175   EFI_TIMER_GENERATE_SOFT_INTERRUPT   GenerateSoftInterrupt;
176 };
177 
178 extern EFI_GUID gEfiTimerArchProtocolGuid;
179 
180 #endif
181