Re: Weird bogomips problem
Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de)
Thu, 14 Mar 1996 18:52:24 +0100
In linux.dev.kernel, article <Pine.LNX.3.91.960312223434.621A-100000@Li=
ONs.reSEQ.unGOV>,
lilo <lilo@lions.reseq.ungov> writes:
>=20
> As you can see, all is well. It'll be interesting to see if this has=
any
> effect whatsover on processing, and it may not---but you'd think that=
having
> any timing loops faster by over a factor of ten (2.66 --> 39.70) woul=
d have
> somewhat a negative effect on processing.... Hi, ho, if I see anythin=
g
> interesting I'll let you know.
>=20
Depends on your hardware. Quite a few device drivers have udelay() call=
s,
though I haven't checked whether they're actually used in non-error
situations.
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