Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH v3 0/7] OvmfXen: Set PcdFSBClock at runtime

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/12/21 15:29, Anthony PERARD via groups.io wrote:
> Patch series available in this git branch:
> git://xenbits.xen.org/people/aperard/ovmf.git br.apic-timer-freq-v3
> 
> Changes in v3:
> - typos and codying style

Merged in commit range 16136f218d54..71cdb91f3133, via 
<https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/pull/1560>, with the following updates:

1:  cc0477d6a5d6 = 1:  29280c7084ee OvmfPkg/XenResetVector: Silent a warning 
from nasm
2:  4459ca235222 ! 2:  44ad51d6b19a MdePkg: Allow PcdFSBClock to by Dynamic
    @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
         Ref: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2490
         Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
         Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@xxxxxxxxxx>
    -    Reviewed-by: Liming Gao <liming.gao@xxxxxxxxx>
         Message-Id: <20210412133003.146438-3-anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
    +    Reviewed-by: Liming Gao <gaoliming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
     
     diff --git a/MdePkg/MdePkg.dec b/MdePkg/MdePkg.dec
     --- a/MdePkg/MdePkg.dec
3:  d2b81d656c53 = 3:  896e68984118 OvmfPkg/IndustryStandard/Xen: Apply EDK2 
coding style to XEN_VCPU_TIME_INFO
4:  e2bbc17dc92b ! 4:  9d6861494aaa OvmfPkg/IndustryStandard: Introduce 
PageTable.h
    @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
         Acked-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
         Message-Id: <20210412133003.146438-5-anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
    +    Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@xxxxxxxxxx>
     
     diff --git a/OvmfPkg/Library/BaseMemEncryptSevLib/X64/VirtualMemory.h 
b/OvmfPkg/Include/IndustryStandard/PageTable.h
     similarity index 60%
5:  158053f2ea02 = 5:  51e0bd28bba9 OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei: Map extra physical 
address
6:  a37eba1a4ef4 = 6:  c75c6405128e OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei: Calibrate APIC 
timer frequency
7:  7dfd174c2dc6 ! 7:  71cdb91f3133 OvmfPkg/OvmfXen: Set PcdFSBClock
    @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
         Signed-off-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
         Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@xxxxxxxxxx>
         Message-Id: <20210412133003.146438-8-anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>
    +    [lersek@xxxxxxxxxx: cast Freq to UINT32 for PcdSet32S(), not for 
ASSERT()]
     
     diff --git a/OvmfPkg/OvmfXen.dsc b/OvmfPkg/OvmfXen.dsc
     --- a/OvmfPkg/OvmfXen.dsc
    @@ -73,8 +74,8 @@
        Freq = DivU64x64Remainder (Dividend, TscTick2 - TscTick, NULL);
        DEBUG ((DEBUG_INFO, "APIC Freq % 8lu Hz\n", Freq));
      
    -+  ASSERT ((UINT32)Freq <= MAX_UINT32);
    -+  Status = PcdSet32S (PcdFSBClock, Freq);
    ++  ASSERT (Freq <= MAX_UINT32);
    ++  Status = PcdSet32S (PcdFSBClock, (UINT32)Freq);
     +  ASSERT_EFI_ERROR (Status);
     +
        UnmapXenPage (SharedInfo);

Thanks
Laszlo

> 
> Changes in v2:
> - main change is to allow mapping of Xen pages outside of the RAM
>   see patch: "OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei: Map extra physical address"
> - that new function allows to map the Xen shared info page (where we can find
>   information about tsc frequency) at the highest physical address allowed.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> OvmfXen uses the APIC timer, but with an hard-coded frequency that may change
> as pointed out here:
>   https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/45185
>   <20190808134423.ybqg3qkpw5ucfzk4@Air-de-Roger>
> 
> This series changes that so the frequency is calculated at runtime.
> 
> Ref: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2490
> 
> There is also one cleanup patch that has nothing to do with the rest.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Anthony PERARD (7):
>   OvmfPkg/XenResetVector: Silent a warning from nasm
>   MdePkg: Allow PcdFSBClock to by Dynamic
>   OvmfPkg/IndustryStandard/Xen: Apply EDK2 coding style to
>     XEN_VCPU_TIME_INFO
>   OvmfPkg/IndustryStandard: Introduce PageTable.h
>   OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei: Map extra physical address
>   OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei: Calibrate APIC timer frequency
>   OvmfPkg/OvmfXen: Set PcdFSBClock
> 
>  MdePkg/MdePkg.dec                             |   8 +-
>  OvmfPkg/OvmfXen.dsc                           |   4 +-
>  OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/XenPlatformPei.inf     |   4 +
>  .../IndustryStandard/PageTable.h}             | 117 +-------
>  OvmfPkg/Include/IndustryStandard/Xen/xen.h    |  17 +-
>  .../BaseMemEncryptSevLib/X64/VirtualMemory.h  | 143 +---------
>  OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Platform.h             |  10 +
>  OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Platform.c             |   1 +
>  OvmfPkg/XenPlatformPei/Xen.c                  | 252 ++++++++++++++++++
>  OvmfPkg/XenResetVector/Ia32/XenPVHMain.asm    |   2 +-
>  10 files changed, 287 insertions(+), 271 deletions(-)
>  copy OvmfPkg/{Library/BaseMemEncryptSevLib/X64/VirtualMemory.h => 
> Include/IndustryStandard/PageTable.h} (60%)
>