linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert 9fc2105aeaaf56b0cf75296a84702d0f9e64437b to fix pyaudio (and probably more)

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Date:	Wed, 7 Jan 2015 22:24:44 +0000
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert 9fc2105aeaaf56b0cf75296a84702d0f9e64437b to fix
 pyaudio (and probably more)

On 7 January 2015 at 19:36, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> This whole thread has wasted more time than the whole original
> argument for wasted time ever was. I still have no idea what the
> original argument was, and why you guys want some made-up and
> incorrect feel-good number rather than just document the fact that the
> bogomips is simple dependent on the clocksource you use for delays.

One reason - consistency with kernels running on the *same* hardware
prior to commit d0a533b18235d362 (ARM: 7452/1: delay: allow
timer-based delay implementation to be selected). You may see BogoMIPS
of 800 prior to that commit dropping to 6 after that commit on the
*same* piece of hardware. If we don't break any user assumptions here,
no further changes needed.

-- 
Catalin
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