linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 09/11] xen/hvmlite: Use x86's default timer init for HVMlite guests

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Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 2016 12:01:51 -0500
From:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>, konrad.wilk@...cle.com
Cc:	xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, mcgrof@...e.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, roger.pau@...rix.com
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 09/11] xen/hvmlite: Use x86's default timer
 init for HVMlite guests

On 02/02/2016 11:27 AM, David Vrabel wrote:
> On 01/02/16 15:38, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>> xen_timer_init() will be called from apic_bsp_setup().
> I must be missing something because xen_init_time_ops() is only called
> from the PV-only xen_start_kernel()?

This is leftover from the earlier series where common code called 
xen_init_time_ops() (which, of course, it could easily not have done for 
HVMlite guests).

So it's not needed anymore, I'll drop this patch.

-boris