From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 28/31] arm64: Generic timers support Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 19:53:14 +0000 Message-ID: <201209071953.14680.arnd@arndb.de> References: <1347035226-18649-1-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> <1347035226-18649-29-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.10]:64241 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753291Ab2IGTxU (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Sep 2012 15:53:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1347035226-18649-29-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Catalin Marinas Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 07 September 2012, Catalin Marinas wrote: > From: Marc Zyngier > > This patch adds support for the ARM generic timers with A64 instructions > for accessing the timer registers. It uses the physical counter as the > clock source and the virtual counter as sched_clock. > > The timer frequency can be specified via DT or read from the CNTFRQ_EL0 > register. The physical counter is also accessible from user space > allowing fast gettimeofday() implementation. > > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier > Signed-off-by: Will Deacon > Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas > Acked-by: Tony Lindgren Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnd@arndb.de (Arnd Bergmann) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 19:53:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH v3 28/31] arm64: Generic timers support In-Reply-To: <1347035226-18649-29-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> References: <1347035226-18649-1-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> <1347035226-18649-29-git-send-email-catalin.marinas@arm.com> Message-ID: <201209071953.14680.arnd@arndb.de> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Friday 07 September 2012, Catalin Marinas wrote: > From: Marc Zyngier > > This patch adds support for the ARM generic timers with A64 instructions > for accessing the timer registers. It uses the physical counter as the > clock source and the virtual counter as sched_clock. > > The timer frequency can be specified via DT or read from the CNTFRQ_EL0 > register. The physical counter is also accessible from user space > allowing fast gettimeofday() implementation. > > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier > Signed-off-by: Will Deacon > Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas > Acked-by: Tony Lindgren Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann