Donzt beat me for this, but grub2 sounds more like a kernel every day. I almost want to suggest nicking things from hurd.
Grub2 could even be the init on a minimal hurd setup, surely? Cough Sam -----Original Message----- From: "Alex Roman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The development of GRUB 2" <grub-devel@gnu.org> Sent: 06/07/07 23:21 Subject: Re: Timed wait/sleep On 06 Jul 2007 17:04:19 -0500, Haudy Kazemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jul 6 2007, Alex Roman wrote: > I'd avoid straight loops...with those you run into processor speed > issues...runs too fast on new CPUs, runs too slow on old hardware. Of > course I guess you could calibrate some straight loops to the RTC, and then > use the loops rather than polling the RTC periodically, but I don't think > the extra level of complication would provide any real benefit. Yes, I am reluctant to use loops for that reason. I could definitely do a simple read RTC in a loop until the time difference from when I started the loop is what I want it to be... I'll try to get that working, but I am open to other suggestions as well! Thanks! -- Alex Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
