Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752828AbaJCMX1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2014 08:23:27 -0400 Received: from resqmta-po-04v.sys.comcast.net ([96.114.154.163]:49827 "EHLO resqmta-po-04v.sys.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752006AbaJCMXY (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2014 08:23:24 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 07:23:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Christoph Lameter X-X-Sender: cl@gentwo.org To: Paul Bolle cc: Thomas Gleixner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why do we still have 32 bit counters? Interrupt counters overflow within 50 days In-Reply-To: <1412338512.19413.85.camel@x220> Message-ID: References: <1412338512.19413.85.camel@x220> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 3 Oct 2014, Paul Bolle wrote: > dc -e "1 k 2 32 ^ 1000 / 86400 / p" > 49.7 > > (That was the number I remembered from stories about a ancient Windows > lockup.) Well yes, I used bc which discards the remainder on integer divides -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/