2010/7/26 Hank Magnuski <ha...@mtinet.com>
>
> In rtv-davinci.c there is this piece of code:
>
> static inline void davinci_rtcif_wait(struct davinci_rtc *davinci_rtc)
> {
> while (davinci_rtcif_read(davinci_rtc, DAVINCI_PRTCIF_CTLR) &
> DAVINCI_PRTCIF_CTLR_BUSY)
> cpu_relax();
> }
>
>
> If there is any problem with the hardware configuration so that the rtc is
> not receiving clocking, this wait loop will completely hang the kernel.
>
> Is it normal in the kernel to have wait loops with no exits?
>
> I would have expected some type of countdown loop with an unconditional
> exit.
>
> Hank
>
Hi Hank,
in http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/khilman/linux-davinci.git
I don't see this call.
Where do you find it, please?
Raffaele
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