Re: [PATCH] arm: remove unused code in delay.S

From: Jamie Lokier
Date: Sun Sep 13 2009 - 20:21:09 EST


Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 11:28:47PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > > bhi __delay
> > > mov pc, lr
> > > ENDPROC(__udelay)
> > >
> > Hi
> >
> > why was this code there in the first place ?
>
> To make the delay loop more stable and predictable on older CPUs.

So why has it been commented out, if it's needed for that?

-- Jamie
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