linux-kernel - Request for Info about local timer Feature in Cortx A15

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Message-ID: <CAJ8eaTy3yafSB-h4yCsueztg-w-GRE2hrKe8Jsu-BxaDN_mrSg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:16:18 +0530
From:	naveen yadav <yad.naveen@...il.com>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Request for Info about local timer Feature in Cortx A15

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
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