Re: [PATCH] Newbus locking

From: Giovanni Trematerra <giovanni.trematerra_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 04:17:42 +0200
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Hans Petter Selasky<hselasky_at_c2i.net> wrote:

>
> I'm not saying that your approach will not work or that it is wrong. I'm
> saying that it is not fast enough. Your patch affects the boottime, in a
> negative way.
>

I tested a patch for a while. I didn't notice any slow down in boot time.
Well, I haven't measured it but I can't see any noticeable difference
even booting from an USB key.

I have to be honest, I don't understand the patch but any comments on
performance without an evident profiling seems to me a
"premature optimization" that is known to be the root of all devils (D. Knuth)

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Giovanni Trematerra
Received on Sat Aug 01 2009 - 00:43:15 UTC

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