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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt index 256b4d8bab7b..e774128935d5 100644 --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/arch_timer.txt @@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ to deliver its interrupts via SPIs. - interrupts : Interrupt list for secure, non-secure, virtual and hypervisor timers, in that order. -- clock-frequency : The frequency of the main counter, in Hz. Optional. +- clock-frequency : The frequency of the main counter, in Hz. Should be present + only where necessary to work around broken firmware which does not configure + CNTFRQ on all CPUs to a uniform correct value. Use of this property is + strongly discouraged; fix your firmware unless absolutely impossible. - always-on : a boolean property. If present, the timer is powered through an always-on power domain, therefore it never loses context. @@ -46,7 +49,8 @@ Example: - compatible : Should at least contain "arm,armv7-timer-mem". -- clock-frequency : The frequency of the main counter, in Hz. Optional. +- clock-frequency : The frequency of the main counter, in Hz. Should be present + only when firmware has not configured the MMIO CNTFRQ registers. - reg : The control frame base address. |