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Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:45:02 +0900 From: Yasunori Goto <y-goto@...fujitsu.com> To: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@...isch.de>, Linux Kernel ML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, robert.picco@...com, venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com, vojtech@...e.cz, mingo@...hat.com Subject: Re: [Patch] Fix the possibility of insane return value of hpet_calibrate() against SMI. > >>> Each calibration of this has 1 milli second. > >>> Do you think 5 msec is too long? > >>> > >> This shouldn't matter when booting. Anyway, I think it's possible to > >> increase TICK_CALIBRATE without losing too much accuracy. > >> > > > > Hmm. If the person who is trying to reduce boot time for fastboot dislikes this impact, > > then I'll try Vojtech-san's way. > > > > That probably makes sense -- if it is extremely rare, and if you get two > values that are the same (within some small delta) then you probably > are 99.99% confident that you have the right data. Ok. I'll make it. Thanks for your comment. -- Yasunori Goto -- 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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