linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] move PIT_TICK

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Message-Id: <20090511170146.143a1551.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 11 May 2009 17:01:46 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, rth@...ddle.net,
	ralf@...ux-mips.org, tiwai@...e.de, dmitry.torokhov@...il.com,
	mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] move PIT_TICK_RATE to linux/timex.h

On Mon, 11 May 2009 22:55:36 +0000
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> PIT_TICK_RATE is currently defined in four architectures,
> but in three different places. While linux/timex.h is not
> the perfect place for it, it is still a reasonable replacement
> for those drivers that traditionally use asm/timex.h to
> get CLOCK_TICK_RATE and expect it to be the PIT frequency.
>
> ...
>
> -#define PIT_TICK_RATE 	1193180UL
> -#define PIT_TICK_RATE		1193182UL
> -#define PIT_TICK_RATE	1193182UL
> -#define PIT_TICK_RATE		1193182
> +#define PIT_TICK_RATE 1193182ul

So the type got changed in arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h.  Did you check
whether that changes anything? I did a quick check and didn't see any
obvious problems..

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