Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification
5.2.23.8 Firmware Basic Boot Performance Data Record
A firmware basic boot performance data record which contains timer information associated with
final OS loader activity as well as the data associated with starting and ending boot time information.
Only one of these records will be produced.
Table 5-109 Firmware Basic Boot Performance Data Record Structure
Field Byte
Length
Performance
Record Type
Byte
Offset
Description
2 0 2 – Firmware Basic Boot Performance Data Record
Record Length 1 2 48 - This value depicts the length of the performance record, in
bytes.
Revision 1 3 2 - Revision of this Performance Record
Reserved 4 4 Reserved
Reset End 8 8 Timer value logged at the beginning of firmware image execution.
This may not always be zero or near zero.
OS Loader
LoadImage Start
OS Loader
StartImage Start
ExitBootServices
Entry
ExitBootServices
Exit
8 16 Timer value logged just prior to loading the OS boot loader into
memory.�
For non-UEFI compatible boots, this field must be zero.
8 24 Timer value logged just prior to launching the currently loaded OS
boot loader image.�
For non-UEFI compatible boots, the timer value logged will be just
prior to the INT 19h handler invocation.
8 32 Timer value logged at the point when the OS loader calls the
ExitBootServices function for UEFI compatible firmware.
For non-UEFI compatible boots, this field must be zero.
8 40 Timer value logged at the point just prior to the OS loader gaining
control back from the ExitBootServices function for UEFI
compatible firmware.
For non-UEFI compatible boots, this field must be zero.
5.2.24 Generic Timer Description Table (GTDT)
This section describes the format of the Generic Timer Description Table (GTDT), which provides
OSPM with information about a system’s GIT interrupt configuration. The Generic Timer (GIT) is a
standard timer block implemented on ARM processor-based systems. The GIT hardware
specification can be found at the ACPI Link Document under the heading "Generic Timer
Specification". The GTDT provides OSPM with information about a system's GIT interrupt
configuration.
The GIT specification defines the following timers:
• Secure privilege level 1 (PL1) timer,
• Non-Secure PL1 timer,
• Non-Secure privilege level 2 (PL2) timer,
• a virtual timer,
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