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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:40:27 -0800 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> Cc: Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:04:36 -0800 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> wrote: > Chris Snook wrote: > > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> NOTE: This patch uses a bc(1) script to compute the appropriate > >> constants. > > > > Perhaps dc would be more appropriate? That's included in busybox. > > > > Perhaps it would, but I think there is more variability between dc > implementations -- consider if the busybox version is broken, for > eample. > > Either way, how many people compile their kernels in a busybox > environment? > > Anyway, I don't think compiling bc is hard on anything which has a C > compiler. alternative is to just also ship the precomputed values ;-) > > -hpa > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@...ux.intel.com For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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