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Ashlesha Shintre wrote:
> Hi,
> I m working on the Encore M3 board that has the AU1500 MIPS processor on
> it.  I aim to port the 2.6 linux kernel to the board which is already
> supported in the 2.4 kernel.
>
> The start_kernel function in linux/init/main.c file, calls a function
> calibrate_delay found in the arch/frv/kernel/setup.c file.  Why does the
> kernel call this function which is a part of the Fujitsu FR-V
> architecture?  
>
> When I build the image, this is the point where the kernel is stuck and
> the last contents of the log buffer show the following printk message
> from the calibrate_delay function:
>
>
>   
>> Calibrating delay loop...
>>     
>
> Thanks,
> Ashlesha.
>
>
>
>
>   
start_kernel() calls calibrate_delay() which can be found in 
init/calibrate.c

thanks,
Manish Lachwani