Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] powerpc/85xx: implement hardware timebase sync

From: Tabi Timur-B04825 <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 03:17:12 +0000

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