[PATCH-next 1/4] Revert "ARM: 7655/1: smp_twd: make twd_local_timer_of_register() no-op for nosmp"

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Thu Aug 13 08:37:07 PDT 2015


On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 02:56:53PM -0500, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> This reverts commit 904464b91eca8c665acea033489225af02eeb75a.
> 
> The problem pointed out by commit 904464b91eca ("ARM: 7655/1:
> smp_twd: make twd_local_timer_of_register() no-op for nosmp")
> doesn't exist anymore.
> 
> We can safely boot with nosmp and the warning won't show up.
> 
> The other side benefit of this patch is that TWD has a chance
> to probe on single-core A9 systems such as AM437x which sport
> TWD.

I don't remember all the details from Feb 2013 on why we made that
change.  If this is proven safe, then I guess it's okay.

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