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Date:	Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:06:34 +0000
From:	"Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Expose loops_per_jiffy through /proc/cpuinfo.

On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 04:46:43PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> Ignore this patch, it's obviously wrong.  Too late in the afternoon ...

Actually, NOT wrong.  You can't get HZ from userspace, so
exporting loops_per_jiffy like this is necessary.

Rich.

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