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SubjectRe: Bogomips Replacement
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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?

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