# Re: \[RFT PATCH v3 06/27\] dt-bindings: timer: arm,arch\_timer: Add interrupt-names support

- From: Marc Zyngier \<maz@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2021-03-08 11:13:01 
- List: linux-serial
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-serial/2021/03/6291957
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-arm-kernel/2021/03/6288800/t.md

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On Thu, 04 Mar 2021 21:38:41 +0000,
Hector Martin [ref] wrote:
> 
> Not all platforms provide the same set of timers/interrupts, and Linux
> only needs one (plus kvm/guest ones); some platforms are working around
> this by using dummy fake interrupts. Implementing interrupt-names allows
> the devicetree to specify an arbitrary set of available interrupts, so
> the timer code can pick the right one.
> 
> This also adds the hyp-virt timer/interrupt, which was previously not
> expressed in the fixed 4-interrupt form.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hector Martin <redacted>

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

Thanks,

	M.

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