Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:

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> yes, it will issue some effects but it's better then stuck there.
> More over in 'case of SMI flood with current patch you don't get
> error message printed i think so you better add max iteration
> counter so user will see on console (or whatever) that he is got
> problems.
>                 - Cyrill -

I disagree. If you have a system that generates SMIs in this extreme 
frequency, you're better off stuck than running on such an unstable 
system. The user _will_ see messages on the console if this happens. 
Note that apparently there are few people who have trouble with this. We 
did see problems, but never had more than 1 SMI disturbing the 
calibration procedure.

Anyway, here is another patch that defines max iteration counts. I 
haven't added a "Signed-off:" line, because I prefer the original version.

Martin

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