[PATCH v6 16/26] eal: convert timer init not to call panic

After code inspection, there is no way for eal_timer_init() to fail.  It
simply returns 0 in all cases.  As such, this test could either go-away
or stay here as 'future-proofing'.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <redacted>
---
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
index 7aa6b6e..73a7d38 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/eal.c

@@ -875,8 +875,11 @@ rte_eal_init(int argc, char **argv)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (rte_eal_timer_init() < 0)
-		rte_panic("Cannot init HPET or TSC timers\n");
+	if (rte_eal_timer_init() < 0) {
+		rte_eal_init_alert("Cannot init HPET or TSC timers\n");
+		rte_errno = ENOTSUP;
+		return -1;
+	}
 
 	eal_check_mem_on_local_socket();
 

-- 
2.9.3