Hello!

> How do boards other than 'virt' work when emulated without KVM?

 Under "emulated without KVM" we normally suppose full software emulation 
(known in qemu as TCG). In this case CPU code is interpreted, and KVM is not 
used at all.
 Some boards (like vexpress) have own platform-specific timer, so they can work 
under KVM without CP15 timer. In order to make it working one should either 
disable CP15 timer in guest .config or remove the node from device tree.
 CP15 timer never worked in this configuration (KVM without irqchip).

> It must be possible to emulate the physical timer in QEMU.

 Of course it is, and with TCG it works. But we currently cannot use it with 
KVM because KVM assumes that it emulates all CP15 (or system) registers by 
itself, and never hands any of them outside.

Kind regards,
Pavel Fedin
Expert Engineer
Samsung Electronics Research center Russia


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