Alot of code is shared between i386/i686/x86 and x86_64
and a lot probably will be used for compatability modes.
So we start by moving the headers into one Directory.
We will probalby be able to move some cpp files aswell.
(...and ASSERT_NOT_REACHED => VERIFY_NOT_REACHED)
Since all of these checks are done in release builds as well,
let's rename them to VERIFY to prevent confusion, as everyone is
used to assertions being compiled out in release.
We can introduce a new ASSERT macro that is specifically for debug
checks, but I'm doing this wholesale conversion first since we've
accumulated thousands of these already, and it's not immediately
obvious which ones are suitable for ASSERT.
In case we want to rely more on TSC in time keeping in the future, idk
This adds:
- RDTSCP, for when the RDTSCP instruction is available
- CONSTANT_TSC, for when the TSC has a constant frequency, invariant
under things like the CPU boosting its frequency.
- NONSTOP_TSC, for when the TSC doesn't pause when the CPU enters
sleep states.
AMD cpus and newer intel cpus set the INVSTC bit (bit 8 in edx of
extended cpuid 0x8000000008), which implies both CONSTANT_TSC and
NONSTOP_TSC. Some older intel processors have CONSTANT_TSC but not
NONSTOP_TSC; this is set based on cpu model checks.
There isn't a ton of documentation on this, so this follows Linux
terminology and http://blog.tinola.com/?e=54
CONSTANT_TSC:
39b3a79105
NONSTOP_TSC:
40fb17152c
qemu disables invtsc (bit 8 in edx of extended cpuid 0x8000000008)
by default even if the host cpu supports it. It can be enabled by
running with `SERENITY_QEMU_CPU=host,migratable=off` set.
