vstimecmp CSR allows the guest OS or to program the next guest timer
interrupt directly. Thus, hypervisor no longer need to inject the
timer interrupt to the guest if vstimecmp is used. This was ratified
as a part of the Sstc extension.
Reviewed-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atishp@rivosinc.com>
Message-Id: <20220824221357.41070-4-atishp@rivosinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
stimecmp allows the supervisor mode to update stimecmp CSR directly
to program the next timer interrupt. This CSR is part of the Sstc
extension which was ratified recently.
Reviewed-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atishp@rivosinc.com>
Message-Id: <20220824221357.41070-3-atishp@rivosinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
