[PATCH 02/17] powerpc/85xx: do not sync time base at boot time

[Kumar Gala]

On Apr 3, 2013, at 8:09 AM, Zhao Chenhui wrote:

> From: Chen-Hui Zhao <chenhui.zhao at freescale.com>
> 
> The bootloader have done time base sync for all cores, so skip
> the synchronization process at boot time of kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhao Chenhui <chenhui.zhao at freescale.com>
> Signed-off-by: Li Yang <leoli at freescale.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Fleming <afleming at freescale.com>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/smp.c |    8 ++++++++
> 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

What harm is there in doing the sync?  I'm sure there is another reason you want to skip the TB sync that should be conveyed in the commit message.

- k