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Commit db954b58 authored by Venkatesh Pallipadi's avatar Venkatesh Pallipadi Committed by Len Brown
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x86 ACPI: Add support for Always Running APIC timer



Add support for Always Running APIC timer, CPUID_0x6_EAX_Bit2.
This bit means the APIC timer continues to run even when CPU is
in deep C-states.

The advantage is that we can use LAPIC timer on these CPUs
always, and there is no need for "slow to read and program"
external timers (HPET/PIT) and the timer broadcast logic
and related code in C-state entry and exit.

Signed-off-by: default avatarVenkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Acked-by: default avatarH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
parent 577c9c45
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