[RFT PATCH v3 06/27] dt-bindings: timer: arm, arch_timer: Add interrupt-names support

Marc Zyngier maz at kernel.org
Mon Mar 8 11:12:11 GMT 2021


On Thu, 04 Mar 2021 21:38:41 +0000,
Hector Martin <marcan at marcan.st> wrote:
> 
> Not all platforms provide the same set of timers/interrupts, and Linux
> only needs one (plus kvm/guest ones); some platforms are working around
> this by using dummy fake interrupts. Implementing interrupt-names allows
> the devicetree to specify an arbitrary set of available interrupts, so
> the timer code can pick the right one.
> 
> This also adds the hyp-virt timer/interrupt, which was previously not
> expressed in the fixed 4-interrupt form.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <marcan at marcan.st>

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>

Thanks,

	M.

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