Re: [PATCH v3 11/17] arm64: dts: mediatek: Add EL2 virtual timer interrupt

From: Marc Zyngier

Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 04:32:05 EST


On Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:17:16 +0000,
Tim Pambor <timpambor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 23 May 2026 15:02:36 +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > The ARMv8.1+ based CPUs used in a number of Mediatek SoCs are missing
> > the EL2 virtual timer interrupt. Add it.
>
> This patch doesn't seem to have been applied along with the rest of
> the series.

That's the SoC maintainers' responsibility. I only look after the
driver code, and rely on people spotting the warning! ;-) The fact
that this has been there for two kernel releases show you how deeply
these maintainers care.

> After updating to v7.2.11 on an MT8195 board I see:
>
> arch_timer: [Firmware Bug]: VHE-capable CPU without EL2 virtual timer interrupt
>
> With this patch applied, the warning is gone and the EL2 virtual timer
> is used as expected:
>
> arch_timer: cp15 timer running at 13.00MHz (hyp-virt).
>
> Reviewed-by: Tim Pambor <timpambor@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Tim Pambor <timpambor@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

M.

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