From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E4122C0107 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2013 02:10:54 +1100 (EST) Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/17] powerpc/85xx: do not sync time base at boot time Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Kumar Gala In-Reply-To: <1364994565-16010-2-git-send-email-chenhui.zhao@freescale.com> Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:10:58 -0500 Message-Id: References: <1364994565-16010-1-git-send-email-chenhui.zhao@freescale.com> <1364994565-16010-2-git-send-email-chenhui.zhao@freescale.com> To: Zhao Chenhui Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Apr 3, 2013, at 8:09 AM, Zhao Chenhui wrote: > From: Chen-Hui Zhao >=20 > The bootloader have done time base sync for all cores, so skip > the synchronization process at boot time of kernel. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Zhao Chenhui > Signed-off-by: Li Yang > Signed-off-by: Andy Fleming > --- > 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=