Subject: Re: smartmedia adaptors
To: Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/25/2000 18:18:00
Lennart Augustsson <lennart@augustsson.net> writes:
> I realize where the code comes from, but we've had PCMCIA support for
> about 2.5 years now. So you'd think that those delay()s would be gone
> by now...
yeah. The problel is, when things work normally, e.g. the hard drive
responds quickly in the way that's expected, people don't notice the
delays.
> Perhaps a DIAGNOSTIC in delay() would help us find them?
perhaps rename it something else and make people evaluate every
usage... 8-) but that's pretty drastic.
certainly, a DIAGNOSTIC check if it's a long delay might be in order.
i dunno.
cgd
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