On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 10:17:12PM -0500, Tabi Timur-B04825 wrote: > 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. >
This error likely crashes the kenel somewhere. > > 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? > No. But in the cpu hotplug context, we need do the timebase sync. -Chenhui _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
