arm-trusted-firmware/docs
Jeenu Viswambharan 2da8d8bfc0 Add build configuration for timer save/restore
At present, non-secure timer register contents are saved and restored as
part of world switch by BL3-1. This effectively means that the
non-secure timer stops, and non-secure timer interrupts are prevented
from asserting until BL3-1 switches back, introducing latency for
non-secure services. Often, secure world might depend on alternate
sources for secure interrupts (secure timer or platform timer) instead
of non-secure timers, in which case this save and restore is
unnecessary.

This patch introduces a boolean build-time configuration NS_TIMER_SWITCH
to choose whether or not to save and restore non-secure timer registers
upon world switch. The default choice is made not to save and restore
them.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#148

Change-Id: I1b9d623606acb9797c3e0b02fb5ec7c0a414f37e
2014-05-16 17:11:31 +01:00
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diagrams Add EL3 runtime services and SPD documentation 2014-02-28 17:51:07 +00:00
change-log.md Add v0.3 release documentation 2014-02-28 18:23:42 +00:00
firmware-design.md FVP secure memory support documentation 2014-04-24 19:34:01 +01:00
porting-guide.md Fixes for TZC configuration on FVP 2014-05-12 14:21:53 +01:00
rt-svc-writers-guide.md Implement ARM Standard Service 2014-03-20 11:16:23 +00:00
user-guide.md Add build configuration for timer save/restore 2014-05-16 17:11:31 +01:00