Re: [PATCH v6 1/5] powerpc/85xx: implement hardware timebase sync
From: Zhao Chenhui
Date: Mon Jul 02 2012 - 06:44:05 EST
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 08:50:51PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 11:38 +0800, Zhao Chenhui wrote:
> >
> >
> > The bootloader have done a timebase sync. If we do not need KEXEC or
> > HOTPLUG_CPU feature, it is unnecessary to do it again at boot time of
> > kernel. I only compile the timebase sync routines
> > when users enable KEXEC or HOTPLUG_CPU.
>
> Still, how much are you really saving ? Is it worth the added mess and
> loss of test coverage ?
>
> We have too many conditional stuff like that already.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben.
OK. I will remove this config option.
-Chenhui
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