> 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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