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* [PATCH 09/12] tdfxfb: replace busy waiting with cpu_relax
@ 2007-09-15  0:06 Antonino A. Daplas
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From: Antonino A. Daplas @ 2007-09-15  0:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: Krzysztof Helt, Linux Fbdev development list

From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>

This patch replaces busy waiting with cpu_relax() call.
This makes scrolling faster.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl>
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com>
---

 drivers/video/tdfxfb.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/tdfxfb.c b/drivers/video/tdfxfb.c
index c7ec5f3..faac9b4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/tdfxfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/tdfxfb.c
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ static inline void banshee_make_room(str
 {
 	/* Note: The Voodoo3's onboard FIFO has 32 slots. This loop
 	 * won't quit if you ask for more. */
- 	while ((tdfx_inl(par, STATUS) & 0x1f) < size - 1) ;
+	while ((tdfx_inl(par, STATUS) & 0x1f) < size - 1)
+		cpu_relax();
 }
  
 static int banshee_wait_idle(struct fb_info *info)


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