* Rene Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- a/init/main.c > +++ b/init/main.c > @@ -229,10 +229,9 @@ static int __init obsolete_checksetup(char *line) > } > > /* > - * This should be approx 2 Bo*oMips to start (note initial shift), and will > - * still work even if initially too large, it will just take slightly longer > + * Initial value roughly corresponds to a 1 GHz CPU > */ > -unsigned long loops_per_jiffy = (1<<12); > +unsigned long loops_per_jiffy = 1000000000 / HZ; > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(loops_per_jiffy);
this is a factor of ~2400 increase - this will take an eternity to boot on any older CPU. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/