ron minnich wrote: > On 8/10/07, Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> This makes sense too. What are the drawbacks? :) >>> >>> >> One of four registers gets permanently reserved. The code gets bigger >> and about 10% slower. >> > > but linuxbios is infinitely fast, and hence takes 0 time. > > 110% * 0 is 0. Therefore I prove that it is fine :-) > > ron > >
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