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Subject: Re: no-op delay loops
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On 11/30/2015 01:29 PM, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> ./arch/alpha/boot/main.c:187:1-4: no-op delay loop

Not sure why this is there.  The runkernel function that preceeds it cannot 
return, having performed an indirect branch (not a call) to the kernel start.

I see no reason to actually change anything, unless someone insists that this 
be remove to avoid future similar analysis.


r~