On 17.12.2013, at 19:31, Robin Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Some platforms have secure firmware which does not correctly set the > CNTFRQ register on boot, preventing the use of the Generic Timer. > This patch allows mirroring the necessary host workaround by specifying > the clock-frequency property in the guest DT. > > This should only be considered a means of KVM bring-up on such systems, > such that vendors may be convinced to properly implement their firmware > to support the virtualisation capabilities of their hardware. > > Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Will Deacon <[email protected]>
How does it encourage a vendor to properly implement their firmware if there's a workaround? Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
