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diff --git a/src/core/core.h b/src/core/core.h
index 87da252b..850bb0ab 100644
--- a/src/core/core.h
+++ b/src/core/core.h
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
namespace Core {
+enum CPUCore {
+ CPU_Interpreter,
+ CPU_FastInterpreter
+};
+
extern ARM_Interface* g_app_core; ///< ARM11 application core
extern ARM_Interface* g_sys_core; ///< ARM11 system (OS) core
@@ -21,13 +26,13 @@ void Start();
/**
* Run the core CPU loop
- * This function loops for 100 instructions in the CPU before trying to update hardware. This is a
- * little bit faster than SingleStep, and should be pretty much equivalent. The number of
- * instructions chosen is fairly arbitrary, however a large number will more drastically affect the
- * frequency of GSP interrupts and likely break things. The point of this is to just loop in the CPU
- * for more than 1 instruction to reduce overhead and make it a little bit faster...
+ * This function runs the core for the specified number of CPU instructions before trying to update
+ * hardware. This is much faster than SingleStep (and should be equivalent), as the CPU is not
+ * required to do a full dispatch with each instruction. NOTE: the number of instructions requested
+ * is not guaranteed to run, as this will be interrupted preemptively if a hardware update is
+ * requested (e.g. on a thread switch).
*/
-void RunLoop(int tight_loop=100);
+void RunLoop(int tight_loop=1000);
/// Step the CPU one instruction
void SingleStep();