Re: how do i know if I need REALLY_SLOW_IO

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl)
Fri, 3 Apr 1998 19:57:34 +0200 (MET DST)


On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Ernest ter Kuile wrote:

> Could anybody tel me what kind of errors I would see if needed to define
> REALLY_SLOW_IO to read write io ports ? Or beter yet, How do I find out
> if my hardware is too slow ?

Just try, if things become flakey at higher speeds, you just
switch down a notch :)

And about the 386, it's slow by nature so no artificial delay
is needed.

Rik.
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