[RFC PATCH] time: introduce BOOT_TIME_TRACKER and minimal boot timestamp

Thomas Gleixner tglx at linutronix.de
Tue Sep 2 14:32:01 PDT 2025


On Tue, Sep 02 2025 at 19:09, Kaiwan N. Billimoria wrote:
> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] time: introduce BOOT_TIME_TRACKER and minimal boot timestamp
>> Under the assumption that nothing on the way resets the counter.
> Ah. Is there any known component - within ROM/BL stages/kernel code - that does
> this?

How should I know? I'm not playing with this boot timing muck and yes,
some hardware counters can be reset by software...

> Forgive my asking, but if fine, will this (above-mentioned) patch be taken? So,
> knowing that, we can proceed forward..

Just send a patch with a proper justification and we take from there.

Thanks,

        tglx



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