On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 05:03 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 11:05:46PM +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 14:11 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > But I also don't understand why these bugs should be considered > > > "important" > > > to be let into etch? Graceful handling of tveeproms isn't all that > > > important. What's the importance of the busy waiting loop fix? > > > The busy wait loop thing fixes a problem with excessive CPU load when > > using a PVR-350 framebuffer output and mythtv. The upstream thread is > > http://ivtvdriver.org/pipermail/ivtv-devel/2006-December/003803.html but > > in summary the load was 2-3x what it should be with one of these cards. > > People who were suffering the problem report loads going from 50-60% > > down to negligible amounts with the fix. > > Oh, well, that could explain some symptoms that I've seen personally, so I > guess I can be persuaded that this should be allowed into etch. ;)
;-) > Ok, unblocked. Thanks. Ian. . -- Ian Campbell What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank? -- Bertold Brecht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]