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Subject: Request for Info about local timer Feature in Cortx A15
From: naveen yadav <yad.naveen@gmail.com>
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        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
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Dear All,

I want to know what all benifits I will get if I enable below Feature
in Cortex-A15,

I check in latest kernel document and ARM reference manual but could
not get much details.

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2011-March/044479.html
[RFC PATCH 09/20] ARM: architected timers: add A15 architected timers

what is use of  local timer, Is this used for virtulisation ?

Thanks