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Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 05:14:51 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Alternative patching for prefetches & cleanup
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> > +++ linux-gencpu/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c	2003-04-27 04:12:32.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -795,41 +795,42 @@
> >  		pci_mem_start = low_mem_size;
> >  }
> >  
> > +asm("nops: " 
> > +    ASM_NOP1 ASM_NOP2 ASM_NOP3 ASM_NOP4 ASM_NOP5 ASM_NOP6
> > +    ASM_NOP7 ASM_NOP8); 
> > +
> 
> This in particular is just too ugly for words. Why can't you just have a

Hmm. I thought using the Fibonaci sequence for this was clever :-)

But ok I'll change it to the array.

-Andi