Jiffies not getting updated in calibrate

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Jiffies not getting updated in calibrate_delay() function

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08-21-2009, 05:28 AM	#1
ananth86coolguy LQ Newbie Registered: Mar 2009 Posts: 28 Rep:	Jiffies not getting updated in calibrate_delay() function Hi all, Can anyone tellme what is the reason for 'jiffies' variable not getting updated in 'calibrate_delay()' function which gets called in 'start_kernel()'function present in init/main.c file?Its going in an infinite loop and not exiting out of the calibrate_delay() function. I am working in linux-2.6.25 kernel.

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