CONFIG_HPET_TIMER

HPET timer

Type: bool

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This option selects High Precision Event Timer (HPET) as a system timer.

Direct dependencies

X86

(Includes any dependencies from ifs and menus.)

Defaults

No defaults. Implicitly defaults to n.

Symbols selected by this symbol

• IOAPIC if X86

• LOAPIC if X86

• TIMER_READS_ITS_FREQUENCY_AT_RUNTIME

• TICKLESS_CAPABLE

Kconfig definition

At drivers/timer/Kconfig:56

Included via Kconfig:8 → Kconfig.zephyr:40 → drivers/Kconfig:24

Menu path: (Top) → Device Drivers → Timer Drivers

config HPET_TIMER
    bool "HPET timer"
    select IOAPIC if X86
    select LOAPIC if X86
    select TIMER_READS_ITS_FREQUENCY_AT_RUNTIME
    select TICKLESS_CAPABLE
    depends on X86
    help
      This option selects High Precision Event Timer (HPET) as a
      system timer.

(The ‘depends on’ condition includes propagated dependencies from ifs and menus.)