Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:47:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:47:47 -0500 Received: from e5.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.105]:61074 "EHLO e5.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:47:44 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] linux-2.5.59_lost-tick_A0 From: john stultz To: Andi Kleen Cc: lkml In-Reply-To: <20030121234835.GA22132@wotan.suse.de> References: <1043189962.15683.82.camel@w-jstultz2.beaverton.ibm.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <1043191868.15688.93.camel@w-jstultz2.beaverton.ibm.com> <20030121234835.GA22132@wotan.suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1043192965.15688.105.camel@w-jstultz2.beaverton.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 Date: 21 Jan 2003 15:49:25 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 15:48, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 03:31:08PM -0800, john stultz wrote: > > > what happens when 1000000 does not evenly divide HZ? > > > I think some ports use HZ=1024 > > > > Then it comes out to close enough? I'm probably just not getting the > > problem. Could you further explain? > > Have you checked it that it yields an usable value? I'm just asking > because I've been badly burned by such integer rounding issues in the > past, so it is better to double check them... Ok, fair enough. I'll double check that. thanks -john - 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/