startup_stm32f10x_hd.s文件中，調用了一個叫SystemInit的函數，該函數其實在system_stm32f10x.c中定義，旨在初始化系統時鍾、初始化外部SRAM、設置中斷向量表地址。
void SystemInit (void)
{
/* 使能內部高速時鍾 */
RCC->CR |= (uint32_t)0x00000001;
#ifndef STM32F10X_CL
RCC->CFGR &= (uint32_t)0xF8FF0000;
#else
RCC->CFGR &= (uint32_t)0xF0FF0000;
#endif
/* 禁用PLL、禁用始時鍾檢測、禁用外部高速時鍾 */
RCC->CR &= (uint32_t)0xFEF6FFFF;
/* 外部1-25M振盪器未被繞過 */
RCC->CR &= (uint32_t)0xFFFBFFFF;
/* USB預分頻器PLL未分頻、PLL倍頻2、HSE未被分頻、HSI/2作為PLL頻率 */
RCC->CFGR &= (uint32_t)0xFF80FFFF;
/* 禁用時鍾中斷寄存器 */
#ifdef STM32F10X_CL
RCC->CR &= (uint32_t)0xEBFFFFFF;
RCC->CIR = 0x00FF0000;
RCC->CFGR2 = 0x00000000;
#elif defined (STM32F10X_LD_VL) || defined (STM32F10X_MD_VL) || (defined STM32F10X_HD_VL)
RCC->CIR = 0x009F0000;
/* Reset CFGR2 register */
RCC->CFGR2 = 0x00000000;
#else
RCC->CIR = 0x009F0000;
#endif /* STM32F10X_CL */
/* 設置外部SRAM */
#if defined (STM32F10X_HD) || (defined STM32F10X_XL) || (defined STM32F10X_HD_VL)
#ifdef DATA_IN_ExtSRAM
SystemInit_ExtMemCtl();
#endif /* DATA_IN_ExtSRAM */
#endif
/* 配置系統時鍾 */
SetSysClock();
/*中斷向量偏移地址設置 */
#ifdef VECT_TAB_SRAM
SCB->VTOR = SRAM_BASE | VECT_TAB_OFFSET; /* Vector Table Relocation in Internal SRAM. */
#else
SCB->VTOR = FLASH_BASE | VECT_TAB_OFFSET; /* Vector Table Relocation in Internal FLASH. */
#endif
}
由源代碼注釋的第2條可以得知，單片機一上電或復位，以8M的HSI運行，之后執行函數SystemInit ()，此函數的功能主要是復位與時鍾相關的寄存器，並執行SetSysClock（）。
#if defined (STM32F10X_LD_VL) || (defined STM32F10X_MD_VL) || (defined STM32F10X_HD_VL)
/* #define SYSCLK_FREQ_HSE HSE_VALUE */
#define SYSCLK_FREQ_24MHz 24000000
#else
/* #define SYSCLK_FREQ_HSE HSE_VALUE */
/* #define SYSCLK_FREQ_24MHz 24000000 */
/* #define SYSCLK_FREQ_36MHz 36000000 */
/* #define SYSCLK_FREQ_48MHz 48000000 */
/* #define SYSCLK_FREQ_56MHz 56000000 */
#define SYSCLK_FREQ_72MHz 72000000
#endif
static void SetSysClock(void)
{
#ifdef SYSCLK_FREQ_HSE
SetSysClockToHSE();
#elif defined SYSCLK_FREQ_24MHz
SetSysClockTo24();
#elif defined SYSCLK_FREQ_36MHz
SetSysClockTo36();
#elif defined SYSCLK_FREQ_48MHz
SetSysClockTo48();
#elif defined SYSCLK_FREQ_56MHz
SetSysClockTo56();
#elif defined SYSCLK_FREQ_72MHz
SetSysClockTo72();
#endif
/* If none of the define above is enabled, the HSI is used as System clock
source (default after reset) */
}
由此部分代碼可知（如果宏定義STM3210X_HD），默認狀態下，在函數SetSysClock（）中將會執行函數SetSysClockTo72()。
static void SetSysClockTo72(void)
{
__IO uint32_t StartUpCounter = 0, HSEStatus = 0;
/* SYSCLK, HCLK, PCLK2 and PCLK1 configuration ---------------------------*/
/* Enable HSE */
RCC->CR |= ((uint32_t)RCC_CR_HSEON);
/* Wait till HSE is ready and if Time out is reached exit */
do
{
HSEStatus = RCC->CR & RCC_CR_HSERDY;
StartUpCounter++;
} while((HSEStatus == 0) && (StartUpCounter != HSE_STARTUP_TIMEOUT));
if ((RCC->CR & RCC_CR_HSERDY) != RESET)
{
HSEStatus = (uint32_t)0x01;
}
else
{
HSEStatus = (uint32_t)0x00;
}
if (HSEStatus == (uint32_t)0x01)
{
/* Enable Prefetch Buffer */
FLASH->ACR |= FLASH_ACR_PRFTBE;
/* Flash 2 wait state */
FLASH->ACR &= (uint32_t)((uint32_t)~FLASH_ACR_LATENCY);
FLASH->ACR |= (uint32_t)FLASH_ACR_LATENCY_2;
/* HCLK = SYSCLK */
RCC->CFGR |= (uint32_t)RCC_CFGR_HPRE_DIV1;
/* PCLK2 = HCLK */
RCC->CFGR |= (uint32_t)RCC_CFGR_PPRE2_DIV1;
/* PCLK1 = HCLK */
RCC->CFGR |= (uint32_t)RCC_CFGR_PPRE1_DIV2;
#ifdef STM32F10X_CL
/* Configure PLLs ------------------------------------------------------*/
/* PLL2 configuration: PLL2CLK = (HSE / 5) * 8 = 40 MHz */
/* PREDIV1 configuration: PREDIV1CLK = PLL2 / 5 = 8 MHz */
RCC->CFGR2 &= (uint32_t)~(RCC_CFGR2_PREDIV2 | RCC_CFGR2_PLL2MUL |
RCC_CFGR2_PREDIV1 | RCC_CFGR2_PREDIV1SRC);
RCC->CFGR2 |= (uint32_t)(RCC_CFGR2_PREDIV2_DIV5 | RCC_CFGR2_PLL2MUL8 |
RCC_CFGR2_PREDIV1SRC_PLL2 | RCC_CFGR2_PREDIV1_DIV5);
/* Enable PLL2 */
RCC->CR |= RCC_CR_PLL2ON;
/* Wait till PLL2 is ready */
while((RCC->CR & RCC_CR_PLL2RDY) == 0)
{
}
/* PLL configuration: PLLCLK = PREDIV1 * 9 = 72 MHz */
RCC->CFGR &= (uint32_t)~(RCC_CFGR_PLLXTPRE | RCC_CFGR_PLLSRC | RCC_CFGR_PLLMULL);
RCC->CFGR |= (uint32_t)(RCC_CFGR_PLLXTPRE_PREDIV1 | RCC_CFGR_PLLSRC_PREDIV1 |
RCC_CFGR_PLLMULL9);
#else
/* PLL configuration: PLLCLK = HSE * 9 = 72 MHz */
RCC->CFGR &= (uint32_t)((uint32_t)~(RCC_CFGR_PLLSRC | RCC_CFGR_PLLXTPRE |
RCC_CFGR_PLLMULL));
RCC->CFGR |= (uint32_t)(RCC_CFGR_PLLSRC_HSE | RCC_CFGR_PLLMULL9);
#endif /* STM32F10X_CL */
/* Enable PLL */
RCC->CR |= RCC_CR_PLLON;
/* Wait till PLL is ready */
while((RCC->CR & RCC_CR_PLLRDY) == 0)
{
}
/* Select PLL as system clock source */
RCC->CFGR &= (uint32_t)((uint32_t)~(RCC_CFGR_SW));
RCC->CFGR |= (uint32_t)RCC_CFGR_SW_PLL;
/* Wait till PLL is used as system clock source */
while ((RCC->CFGR & (uint32_t)RCC_CFGR_SWS) != (uint32_t)0x08)
{
}
}
else
{ /* If HSE fails to start-up, the application will have wrong clock
configuration. User can add here some code to deal with this error */
}
}
此部分代碼說明當HSE准備好之后，就會配置PLL，使PLLCLK位72MHz，之后等待system clock source切換至PLL。
在實際的時鍾配置中，在else處設置調試斷點，可確認外部時鍾是否起振工作。