Re: [PATCH -v1.1] x86, boot: Further compress CPUs bootup message

[Posted October 2, 2013 by corbet]

From:		Ingo Molnar <mingo-AT-kernel.org>
To:		"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-AT-zytor.com>
Subject:		Re: [PATCH -v1.1] x86, boot: Further compress CPUs bootup message
Date:		Sat, 28 Sep 2013 21:58:04 +0200
Message-ID:		<20130928195803.GA32081@gmail.com>
Cc:		Borislav Petkov <bp-AT-alien8.de>, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org, huawei.libin-AT-huawei.com, wangyijing-AT-huawei.com, fenghua.yu-AT-intel.com, tglx-AT-linutronix.de, guohanjun-AT-huawei.com, paul.gortmaker-AT-windriver.com, linux-tip-commits-AT-vger.kernel.org
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* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:

> How about:
> 
> m = 10;
> d = 1;
> 
> while ( val >= m ) {
>         m *= 10;
>         d++;
> }
> 
> ... and not have a *divide* in there?

Yeah :-)

> Man, entering code on a cell phone sucks...

Indeed that explains the BASIC style! (and you got the 8-space tabs right 
on a html mailer - wow, that's impressive.)

It's also probably the first time that code entered on an ordinary cell 
phone has gets into the Linux kernel, so it's probably a new Linux 
milestone, in a twisted, sick way. ;-)

Thanks,

	Ingo