From: William Lee Irwin III The zaphod scheduler likes to call scheduler_tick() before time_init(). sparc32 oopses. Perhaps a scheduler bug, but this robustifies things. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- 25-akpm/arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c~sparc32-early-tick_ops arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c --- 25/arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c~sparc32-early-tick_ops 2004-09-23 00:13:31.438689624 -0700 +++ 25-akpm/arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c 2004-09-23 00:13:31.442689016 -0700 @@ -64,7 +64,16 @@ static unsigned long mstk48t59_regs = 0U static int set_rtc_mmss(unsigned long); -struct sparc64_tick_ops *tick_ops; +static __init unsigned long dummy_get_tick(void) +{ + return 0; +} + +static __initdata struct sparc64_tick_ops dummy_tick_ops = { + .get_tick = dummy_get_tick, +}; + +struct sparc64_tick_ops *tick_ops = &dummy_tick_ops; #define TICK_PRIV_BIT (1UL << 63) _