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With 93340297802b ("x86/time: > calibrate TSC against platform timer") having moved the invocation of > init_platform_timer() from init_xen_time() to early_time_init(), this > other call could be moved as well. > > Moving, however, has the unwanted effect of then growing the gap until > time calibration runs for the 1st time. Therefore keep the present > invocation, and add another from early_time_init(). Yeah, keeping the second init_xen_time() will make sure the BSP doesn't diverge too much from the platform timer during boot. WE migth as well skip it and wait for the first rendezvous, but this is likely more accurate at the cost of doing the extra init_xen_time() in the BSP. > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné Thanks, Roger.