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When true, the timer driver is not required to maintain a correct system uptime count when the system enters idle. Some platforms may take advantage of this to reduce the overhead from regular interrupts required to handle counter wraparound conditions.

Defaults¶

No defaults. Implicitly defaults to n.

Kconfig definition¶

At <Zephyr>/drivers/timer/Kconfig:331

Included via <Zephyr>/Kconfig:8 → <Zephyr>/Kconfig.zephyr:32 → <Zephyr>/drivers/Kconfig:28

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

config SYSTEM_CLOCK_SLOPPY_IDLE
    bool "Timer allowed to skew uptime clock during idle"
    help
      When true, the timer driver is not required to maintain a
      correct system uptime count when the system enters idle.
      Some platforms may take advantage of this to reduce the
      overhead from regular interrupts required to handle counter
      wraparound conditions.

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