# \[PATCH 1/5\] ARM: smp: Select local timers vs dummy timer support runtime

- From: David Brown \<hidden\>
- Date: 2011-02-15 04:13:07 
- List: linux-arm-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2011/02/8568644
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2011/02/8568644/t.md

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On Sat, Feb 12 2011, Santosh Shilimkar wrote:

> The current code support of dummy timers in absence of local
> timer is compile time. This is an attempt to convert it to runtime
> so that on few SOC version if the local timers aren't supported
> kernel can switch to dummy timers. OMAP4430 ES1.0 does suffer from
> this limitation.
>
> This patch should not have any functional impact on affected
> files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <redacted>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-msm/timer.c           |    3 ++-

Acked-By: David Brown <redacted>

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