On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 01:34 +0800, Albert Lee wrote:
> Jeff,
> 
> Patch 2/3: pdc2027x mdelay() problem fix for micro-partitioning
> 
> Description:
>    The mdelay(100) does not delay exactly 100 ms on IBM power5 machines when 
> the power5 CPU micro-partitioning feature is turned on.
> Ex. If micro-partitioning is set to use 0.1 of the CPU time, mdelay(100) will 
> delay about 1 sec instead of 100ms.

How so ? mdelay() implementation on ppc64 uses the timebase register, it
should tick at a constant speed and be calibrated at boot.

Ben.

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