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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:24:29 -0600
From: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK crashes 2.6.17
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Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
>> This would have
>> different timings on different cpu kinds...
> 
> Yes. This is just a debugging patch to help me pinpoint where
> the problem is.
> 
>> maybe a short usleep()?
> 
> It can be called in any context, so sleep() will be illegal
> in certain circumstances.

That's what udelay is for :-)

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