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Message-ID: <4FF45F19.2080607@freescale.com> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 15:19:54 +0000 From: Tabi Timur-B04825 <B04825@...escale.com> To: Zhao Chenhui-B35336 <B35336@...escale.com> CC: Zhao Chenhui-B35336 <B35336@...escale.com>, "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>, Wood Scott-B07421 <B07421@...escale.com>, "galak@...nel.crashing.org" <galak@...nel.crashing.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Li Yang-R58472 <r58472@...escale.com>, Li Yang-R58472 <r58472@...escale.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] powerpc/85xx: implement hardware timebase sync Zhao Chenhui wrote: > 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. Can you test this, please? The point I'm trying to make is that it's wrong to intentionally halt the kernel unless you're sure that it's the best option. A missing device tree node is supposed to only disable a given feature, not break everything. -- Timur Tabi Linux kernel developer at Freescale -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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