netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix build errors on 32bit platforms with new ktime

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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:29:49 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Cc:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 
	<yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>, bunk@...sta.de, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix build errors on 32bit platforms with new ktime

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:12:38 +0200
Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger a écrit :
> > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:55:39 +0900 (JST)
> > YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明  <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> In article <20070424100420.2860db68@...l.pdx.osdl.net> (at Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:04:20 -0700), Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> says:
> >>
> >>> Yoshifuji-san had the right idea, but ktime_to_us needs to be defined
> >>> in a way that works on both 64 and 32bit platforms.
> >> No, this does not cure.
> >>>  
> >>> +#define ktime_to_us(kt)			((kt).tv64 / NSEC_PER_SEC)
> >>> +
> >> NSEC_PER_USEC?
> > 
> > On 64 bit platforms, ktime stores nano-seconds in a 64 bit value, so
> > this is correct.
> 
> Really ? You introduce a 10^6 error and say it's correct ?
> 
> We believe the correct divisor is 10^3 to get usec from nsec, not 10^9
> 
Uh, whimper, your right
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