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

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Mon Mar 08 2021 - 06:13:00 EST


On Thu, 04 Mar 2021 21:38:41 +0000,
Hector Martin <marcan@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

M.

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