| commit | a1b2dde70419ae947fd7c9c8fcad7da005dc600e | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@arm.com> | Fri Sep 07 18:09:58 2012 +0100 |
| committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | Sat Sep 15 21:53:33 2012 +0100 |
| tree | cf8651233dbb03cd3ce4ad891f4c40aabf2fe8a1 | |
| parent | f48b5f12799dbabba4a9c799a9bef0775b2f977d [diff] |
ARM: 7522/1: arch_timers: register a time/cycle counter Some subsystems (KVM for example) need access to a cycle counter. In the KVM case, this is used to measure the time delta between host and guest in order to accurately generate timer events for the guest. Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>