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<td><font face="Helvetica"><b>Note:</b></font>&nbsp; <font face="Times">This function guarantees a <i>minimum</i> &quot;spin&quot; delay in the user-level version; due to thread scheduling, the call to <b>IODelay()</b> could take much longer than the indicated time. This should not be a problem with properly designed user-level drivers as this is a co