[PATCH v7 1/5] powerpc/85xx: implement hardware timebase sync
Tabi Timur-B04825
B04825 at freescale.com
Wed Jul 4 13:17:12 EST 2012
Zhao Chenhui wrote:
> If the guts variable is NULL, it indicates there is error in dts or kernel.
> We should fix the error, rather than ignore it.
And that's why there's a warning message. Crashing the kernel is not
going to fix anything.
> Moreover, if smp_85xx_ops.give/take_timebase is NULL, kernel can not do the timebase sync.
Is that necessary for the kernel to boot?
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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale
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