[flashrom-gerrit] [L] Change in flashrom[main]: udelay: only use OS time for delays, except on DOS

[Anastasia Klimchuk (Code Review)]

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Change subject: udelay: only use OS time for delays, except on DOS
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Patch Set 9:

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File tests/udelay.c:

https://review.coreboot.org/c/flashrom/+/81545/comment/0fb34cc2_07d484b8 :
PS9, Line 41: This test could fail spuriously on a heavily-loaded system
> > do you think it would be reasonable to maintain this assertion as-is provided we ensure the tested […]

Brian, you have good points. Thank you for sharing your valuable experience!

I had this thought about guarding against infinite loop (if this is a useful thing?), but for this any large upper bound will do, can be 100x or anything

Peter maybe I will leave it to you to decide. I am so happy that you added a test!