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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:38:35 -0500
From: Jon Loeliger <jdl@jdl.com>
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So, like, the other day Segher Boessenkool mumbled:
> 
> Btw, IMNSHO, it should be the firmware's job to synchronise
> the timebases, even before the kernel gets started; at least
> as the default.  We don't want to have millions of separate
> GPIO thingies, one for every board, unless really necessary,
> I think?

The second CPU isn't even running in the firmware.
It is in hard-reset until Linux says "Hey, start that
secondary CPU for me!".

Thanks,
jdl