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+/***********************************************************************
+* linux/kernel/time/jiffies.c
+*
+* This file contains the jiffies based clocksource.
+*
+* Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 IBM, John Stultz (johnstul@us.ibm.com)
+*
+* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+* (at your option) any later version.
+*
+* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU General Public License for more details.
+*
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+*
+************************************************************************/
+#include <linux/clocksource.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+
+/* The Jiffies based clocksource is the lowest common
+ * denominator clock source which should function on
+ * all systems. It has the same coarse resolution as
+ * the timer interrupt frequency HZ and it suffers
+ * inaccuracies caused by missed or lost timer
+ * interrupts and the inability for the timer
+ * interrupt hardware to accuratly tick at the
+ * requested HZ value. It is also not reccomended
+ * for "tick-less" systems.
+ */
+#define NSEC_PER_JIFFY	((u32)((((u64)NSEC_PER_SEC)<<8)/ACTHZ))
+
+/* Since jiffies uses a simple NSEC_PER_JIFFY multiplier
+ * conversion, the .shift value could be zero. However
+ * this would make NTP adjustments impossible as they are
+ * in units of 1/2^.shift. Thus we use JIFFIES_SHIFT to
+ * shift both the nominator and denominator the same
+ * amount, and give ntp adjustments in units of 1/2^8
+ *
+ * The value 8 is somewhat carefully chosen, as anything
+ * larger can result in overflows. NSEC_PER_JIFFY grows as
+ * HZ shrinks, so values greater then 8 overflow 32bits when
+ * HZ=100.
+ */
+#define JIFFIES_SHIFT	8
+
+static cycle_t jiffies_read(void)
+{
+	return (cycle_t) jiffies;
+}
+
+struct clocksource clocksource_jiffies = {
+	.name		= "jiffies",
+	.rating		= 0, /* lowest rating*/
+	.read		= jiffies_read,
+	.mask		= 0xffffffff, /*32bits*/
+	.mult		= NSEC_PER_JIFFY << JIFFIES_SHIFT, /* details above */
+	.shift		= JIFFIES_SHIFT,
+	.is_continuous	= 0, /* tick based, not free running */
+};
+
+static int __init init_jiffies_clocksource(void)
+{
+	return clocksource_register(&clocksource_jiffies);
+}
+
+module_init(init_jiffies_clocksource);