x86/numachip: Introduce Numachip2 timer mechanisms
Add 1GHz 64-bit Numachip2 clocksource timer support for accurate
system-wide timekeeping, as core TSCs are unsynchronised.
Additionally, add a per-core clockevent mechanism that interrupts via the
platform IPI vector after a programmed period.
[ tglx: Taking it through x86 due to dependencies ]
Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Steffen Persvold <[email protected]>
Cc: Daniel Lezcano <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
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