[PATCH v3 1/2] ARM: arch_timers: enable the use of the virtual timer

Stephen Boyd sboyd at codeaurora.org
Thu Aug 30 19:28:08 EDT 2012


On 8/24/2012 7:52 AM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> At the moment, the arch_timer driver only uses the physical timer,
> which can cause problem if PL2 hasn't enabled PL1 access in CNTHCTL,
> which is likely in a virtualized environment. Instead, the virtual
> timer is always available.
>
> This patch enables the use of the virtual timer, unless no
> interrupt is provided in the DT for it, in which case it falls
> back to the physical timer.

Is this a good candidate for static keys? It looks like we make the
decision fairly early and then we're done and have a bunch of if
statements. Maybe its premature optimization though...

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