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SubjectRe: What happens on bogomips going wrong?
David Hinds wrote:
> I'd expect that most udelay() calls are conservatively large or not
> actually critical for correct device operation, simply because these
> systems do seem to mostly work ok.
>
> I've had a few PCMCIA bug reports related to clock slowdowns. There
> are probably others that I never recognized as such.

You're saying that for some devices, it's not "conservative" to use a
larger delay, but instead a larger delay actually breaks the driver?

-- Jamie

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