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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.c b/target/arm/cpu.c
index 9f2ca6633a..fdc3eda318 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.c
@@ -1959,13 +1959,22 @@ static void arm_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 
     if (!cpu->gt_cntfrq_hz) {
         /*
-         * 0 means "the board didn't set a value, use the default".
-         * The default value of the generic timer frequency (as seen in
-         * CNTFRQ_EL0) is 62.5MHz, which corresponds to a period of 16ns.
-         * This is what you get (a) for a CONFIG_USER_ONLY CPU (b) if the
-         * board doesn't set it.
+         * 0 means "the board didn't set a value, use the default". (We also
+         * get here for the CONFIG_USER_ONLY case.)
+         * ARMv8.6 and later CPUs architecturally must use a 1GHz timer; before
+         * that it was an IMPDEF choice, and QEMU initially picked 62.5MHz,
+         * which gives a 16ns tick period.
+         *
+         * We will use the back-compat value:
+         *  - for QEMU CPU types added before we standardized on 1GHz
+         *  - for versioned machine types with a version of 9.0 or earlier
          */
-        cpu->gt_cntfrq_hz = GTIMER_DEFAULT_HZ;
+        if (arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_BACKCOMPAT_CNTFRQ) ||
+            cpu->backcompat_cntfrq) {
+            cpu->gt_cntfrq_hz = GTIMER_BACKCOMPAT_HZ;
+        } else {
+            cpu->gt_cntfrq_hz = GTIMER_DEFAULT_HZ;
+        }
     }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
@@ -2574,6 +2583,8 @@ static Property arm_cpu_properties[] = {
                         mp_affinity, ARM64_AFFINITY_INVALID),
     DEFINE_PROP_INT32("node-id", ARMCPU, node_id, CPU_UNSET_NUMA_NODE_ID),
     DEFINE_PROP_INT32("core-count", ARMCPU, core_count, -1),
+    /* True to default to the backward-compat old CNTFRQ rather than 1Ghz */
+    DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("backcompat-cntfrq", ARMCPU, backcompat_cntfrq, false),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST()
 };