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Date:	Wed, 3 Aug 2011 17:00:46 -0700
From:	Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@...aro.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	patches@...aro.org
Subject: [PATCH] Remove CLOCK_TICK_RATE from ACTHZ definition

As per https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/21/323, we remove
CLOCK_TICK_RATE from the definition of ACTHZ as the
majority of CLOCK_TICK_RATE values are no longer valid
or needed for proper operation of the time code.

Signed-off-by: Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@...aro.org>
---
 include/linux/jiffies.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
index f97672a..d232f00 100644
--- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
+++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
                              + ((((NOM) % (DEN)) << (LSH)) + (DEN) / 2) / (DEN))
 
 /* HZ is the requested value. ACTHZ is actual HZ ("<< 8" is for accuracy) */
-#define ACTHZ (SH_DIV (CLOCK_TICK_RATE, LATCH, 8))
+#define ACTHZ (HZ << 8)
 
 /* TICK_NSEC is the time between ticks in nsec assuming real ACTHZ */
 #define TICK_NSEC (SH_DIV (1000000UL * 1000, ACTHZ, 8))
-- 
1.7.4.1

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