Subject: Re: smartmedia adaptors
To: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
From: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/26/2000 09:23:30
Jukka Marin wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 06:18:00PM -0800, Chris G. Demetriou wrote:
> > certainly, a DIAGNOSTIC check if it's a long delay might be in order.
> > i dunno.
>
> How about code segments like
>
> for (i = 0; i < 10000000; i++) {
> if (something) break;
> delay(50);
> }
>
> A small delay.. which can become a very large one. (I have seen this
> kind of loops somewhere..)
Yes, these will be more difficult to catch.
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-- Lennart