Re: [coLinux-devel] Re: colinux-devel

[Dan A. <da...@co...>]

On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 11:49:24PM +0100, Samuel Liddicott wrote:
> > Hi Dan,
> >
> > I quickly tried the new snapshot. Unfortunatelly, the snapshot hangs my
> > computer at point:
> >
> > Calibrating delay loop....
> 
> Just for fun, what does it mean to calibrate a delay loop on a
> variable-free-cycles emulated-ish system?
> Its not like its going to be any use; or is it?

For now, it just helps printing the good old and useless BogoMIPS
line everyone likes to search in their dmesg.

I'd be surprised if __delay() is actually called in coLinux, since
it is used for old-fashioned delays in some low level drivers, and 
coLinux does not use any low level driver.

-- 
Dan Aloni
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