RE: [PATCH] ia64: simplify and fix udelay()

From: Chen, Kenneth W
Date: Wed Feb 15 2006 - 04:06:55 EST


hawkes@xxxxxxx wrote on Tuesday, February 14, 2006 10:40 AM
> a preemption and migration to another CPU during the
> while-loop

Off topic from the subject line a bit, but related: how many Altix
SN2 customers in the field turn on CONFIG_PREEMPT? Redhat EL4 doesn't
turn on preempt, SuSE SLES9 and SLES10 beta don't turn it on either.
Is there a real benefit of turning that option on for SN2?

- Ken

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