From: "Yao, Jiewen" <jiewen.yao@intel.com>
To: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>,
"devel@edk2.groups.io" <devel@edk2.groups.io>
Cc: "Xu, Min M" <min.m.xu@intel.com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+tianocore@kernel.org>,
"Justen, Jordan L" <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>,
Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@amd.com>,
Erdem Aktas <erdemaktas@google.com>,
James Bottomley <jejb@linux.ibm.com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH V2 0/2] Rename XenTimerDxe to LocalApicTimerDxe
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 10:24:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <PH0PR11MB4885DDADFBE70750600AA2AE8C8B9@PH0PR11MB4885.namprd11.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211102102100.2k2rplncer3ytprg@sirius.home.kraxel.org>
Usually, we put those information in the header of module INF file.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 6:21 PM
> To: devel@edk2.groups.io; Yao, Jiewen <jiewen.yao@intel.com>
> Cc: Xu, Min M <min.m.xu@intel.com>; Ard Biesheuvel
> <ardb+tianocore@kernel.org>; Justen, Jordan L <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>;
> Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@amd.com>; Erdem Aktas
> <erdemaktas@google.com>; James Bottomley <jejb@linux.ibm.com>; Tom
> Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH V2 0/2] Rename XenTimerDxe to
> LocalApicTimerDxe
>
> On Tue, Nov 02, 2021 at 10:05:56AM +0000, Yao, Jiewen wrote:
> > We can state, this driver is to support fixed frequency.
> > If a real platform happens to have fixed frequency, then it can be used.
> >
> > gEfiMdePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdFSBClock is defined in MdePkg.
> > The consumer need set PcdFSBClock.
> >
> > I don't see a need to bind to OVMF.
>
> Not needed indeed, but I doubt it'll actually be used outside
> OvmfPkg for the reasons outlined in the last reply.
>
> When we move it out we should clearly document the PcdFSBClock
> so any potential users are aware of it. Maybe drop a short
> README into the directory then?
>
> take care,
> Gerd
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-02 10:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-01 8:46 [PATCH V2 0/2] Rename XenTimerDxe to LocalApicTimerDxe Min Xu
2021-11-01 8:46 ` [PATCH V2 1/2] OvmfPkg: " Min Xu
2021-11-01 8:46 ` [PATCH V2 2/2] OvmfPkg: Switch timer in build time for OvmfPkg Min Xu
2021-11-02 9:32 ` [PATCH V2 0/2] Rename XenTimerDxe to LocalApicTimerDxe Gerd Hoffmann
2021-11-02 9:38 ` Yao, Jiewen
2021-11-02 9:58 ` [edk2-devel] " Gerd Hoffmann
2021-11-02 10:05 ` Yao, Jiewen
2021-11-02 10:21 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2021-11-02 10:24 ` Yao, Jiewen [this message]
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