Re: ARM ARCH TImers and High Res Timers

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On 09/01/13 10:05, Mario Smarduch wrote:
> Hello, I have a rather basic question, but a important one for us.
>    We're looking at implementing RT features in the Guest, one of them is
> High Res, timers. Working with VE I noticed that that Virtual timer
> interrupts are taken in the Guest without exits, is that a Architecture
> Timer standard regardless the hardware or just something special
> on the VE FM platform.

This is a feature of the architecture. The virtual timer and counter are
directly accessible from a guest, and thus can be used without trapping.

Of course, being a shared resource, they are switched in and out on a
world switch.

	M.
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