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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 09:41:13 -0600
From: Charles Cazabon <linux-kernel@discworld.dyndns.org>
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Subject: Re: Bogomips Replacement
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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?

Charles
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