Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Bogomips Replacement | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 10 Jul 2001 12:12:51 -0400 |
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On 10 Jul 2001 09:41:13 -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote: > Joe Barr <warthawg@ecpi.com> wrote: > > > What I want to do is rip out the bogomips code and replace it with something > > completely different. Does anyone know who currently maintains it? As I > > recall from the Geek Bowl earlier this year in NYC, nobody really knows what > > that bogomips stuff does anyway. > > The bogomips code is used to calibrate a timing loop which is used in various > drivers and other places. Where did you get the idea that nobody knows this?
it was a joke. get it?
-- Robert M. Love rml at tech9.net rml at ufl.edu -- Robert M. Love rml at ufl.edu rml at tech9.net
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