Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 May 2013 08:34:51 -0400 (EDT) | From | Nicolas Pitre <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] ARM: delay: print dummy values for bogomips |
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On Wed, 15 May 2013, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Wed 2013-05-15 10:01:03, Will Deacon wrote: > > My second (less stupid) version of the patch prints "not reported".
Even then, you should tell the truth and say "not available" or "not applicable".
> > I'd be happy to remove the line altogether if people get behind the > > decision though.
You certainly have my ACK.
> > In fact, I just tried it and at least my linaro filesystem seems happy > > enough. > > Would it be too much work to simply put the field back with the right > value? We don't have to get it as precise as we used to, that should > make slowdown minimum.
There is simply no right value. And whenever there is a value, people read too much into it.
Nicolas
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