From: Markus Nullmeier (af8t@aixfile2.urz.uni-heidelberg.de)
Date: 09/09/93 

From: af8t@aixfile2.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Markus Nullmeier)
Subject: Re: printing & BogoMips
Date: 9 Sep 1993 15:51:37 GMT

In article <26n50a$j8m@kruuna.Helsinki.FI> Lars Wirzenius (wirzeniu@kruuna.Helsinki.FI) writes:
> BogoMips are Linus's invention. The kernel (or was it a device
> driver?) needs a timing loop (the time is too short and/or needs to be
> too exact for a non-busy-loop method of waiting)

The cheap QIC-80 hardware reportedly needs such strange methods of timing.