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+sifive_e : erroneous CLINT frequency
+Description of problem:
+CLINT's `mtime` updates at a clock frequency of [10 MHz](https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/blob/master/hw/riscv/sifive_e.c?ref_type=heads#L228), whereas [SiFive documentation](https://cdn.sparkfun.com/assets/7/f/0/2/7/fe310-g002-manual-v19p05.pdf?_gl=1*w2ieef*_ga*MTcyNDI2MjM0Ny4xNjk2ODcwNTM3*_ga_T369JS7J9N*MTY5Njg3MDUzNy4xLjAuMTY5Njg3MDUzNy42MC4wLjA.) shows that its clock frequency is 32.768 kHz (i.e., the RTC clock).
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+This difference leads to unexpected timing behavior. Due to the difference, it can even trigger multiple nested interrupts as the IRQ routine is not able to return before a new timer interrupt is triggered.