From: Krzysztof Helt This patch replaces busy waiting with cpu_relax() call. This makes scrolling faster. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/video/tdfxfb.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/video/tdfxfb.c~tdfxfb-replace-busy-waiting-with-cpu_relax drivers/video/tdfxfb.c --- a/drivers/video/tdfxfb.c~tdfxfb-replace-busy-waiting-with-cpu_relax +++ a/drivers/video/tdfxfb.c @@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ static inline void banshee_make_room(str { /* Note: The Voodoo3's onboard FIFO has 32 slots. This loop * won't quit if you ask for more. */ - while ((tdfx_inl(par, STATUS) & 0x1f) < size - 1) ; + while ((tdfx_inl(par, STATUS) & 0x1f) < size - 1) + cpu_relax(); } static int banshee_wait_idle(struct fb_info *info) _