counter: i8254: Introduce the Intel 8254 interface library module

Exposes consumer library functions providing support for interfaces
compatible with the venerable Intel 8254 Programmable Interval Timer
(PIT).

The Intel 8254 PIT first appeared in the early 1980s and was used
initially in IBM PC compatibles. The popularity of the original Intel
825x family of chips led to many subsequent variants and clones of the
interface in various chips and integrated circuits. Although still
popular, interfaces compatible with the Intel 8254 PIT are nowdays
typically found embedded in larger VLSI processing chips and FPGA
components rather than as discrete ICs.

A CONFIG_I8254 Kconfig option is introduced by this patch. Modules
wanting access to these i8254 library functions should select this
Kconfig option, and import the I8254 symbol namespace.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/f6fe32c2db9525d816ab1a01f45abad56c081652.1681665189.git.william.gray@linaro.org/
Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <william.gray@linaro.org>

1 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter
index 1417c4272c6c..dc3b3a5c876b 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-counter
@@ -90,6 +90,60 @@ Description:
 			counter does not freeze at the boundary points, but
 			counts continuously throughout.
 
+		interrupt on terminal count:
+			The output signal is initially low, and will remain low
+			until the counter reaches zero. The output signal then
+			goes high and remains high until a new preset value is
+			set.
+
+		hardware retriggerable one-shot:
+			The output signal is initially high. The output signal
+			will go low by a trigger input signal, and will remain
+			low until the counter reaches zero. The output will then
+			go high and remain high until the next trigger. A
+			trigger results in loading the counter to the preset
+			value and setting the output signal low, thus starting
+			the one-shot pulse.
+
+		rate generator:
+			The output signal is initially high. When the counter
+			has decremented to 1, the output signal goes low for one
+			clock pulse. The output signal then goes high again, the
+			counter is reloaded to the preset value, and the process
+			repeats in a periodic manner as such.
+
+		square wave mode:
+			The output signal is initially high.
+
+			If the initial count is even, the counter is decremented
+			by two on succeeding clock pulses. When the count
+			expires, the output signal changes value and the
+			counter is reloaded to the preset value. The process
+			repeats in periodic manner as such.
+
+			If the initial count is odd, the initial count minus one
+			(an even number) is loaded and then is decremented by
+			two on succeeding clock pulses. One clock pulse after
+			the count expires, the output signal goes low and the
+			counter is reloaded to the preset value minus one.
+			Succeeding clock pulses decrement the count by two. When
+			the count expires, the output goes high again and the
+			counter is reloaded to the preset value minus one. The
+			process repeats in a periodic manner as such.
+
+		software triggered strobe:
+			The output signal is initially high. When the count
+			expires, the output will go low for one clock pulse and
+			then go high again. The counting sequence is "triggered"
+			by setting the preset value.
+
+		hardware triggered strobe:
+			The output signal is initially high. Counting is started
+			by a trigger input signal. When the count expires, the
+			output signal will go low for one clock pulse and then
+			go high again. A trigger results in loading the counter
+			to the preset value.
+
 What:		/sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/countY/count_mode_available
 What:		/sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/countY/error_noise_available
 What:		/sys/bus/counter/devices/counterX/countY/function_available