Commit e1de4c196a ("x86/timer: Fix boot on Intel systems using ITSSPRC
static PIT clock gating") was reported to cause boot failures on certain
AMD Ryzen systems. Until we can figure out what the actual issue there
is, skip this new part of HPET setup by default. Introduce a "hpet"
command line option to allow enabling this on hardware where it's really
needed for Xen to boot successfully (i.e. where the PIT doesn't drive
the timer interrupt).
Since it makes little sense to introduce just "hpet=legacy-replacement",
also allow for a boolean argument as well as "broadcast" to replace the
separate "hpetbroadcast" option.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Ian Jackson <iwj@xenproject.org>
Release-Acked-by: Ian Jackson <iwj@xenproject.org>
(cherry picked from commit e680cc48b7)
Jan Beulich
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