Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262153AbVERKZS (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 06:25:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262154AbVERKZS (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 06:25:18 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:40416 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262153AbVERKZN (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 06:25:13 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6 jiffies From: Arjan van de Ven To: linux Cc: lkml In-Reply-To: <001b01c55b92$1d09c6e0$0101010a@dioxide> References: <1116005355.6248.372.camel@localhost> <1116012287.6248.410.camel@localhost> <1116013840.6248.429.camel@localhost> <1116256279.4154.41.camel@localhost> <20050516111408.GA21145@mail.shareable.org> <1116301843.4154.88.camel@localhost> <20050517012854.GC32226@mail.shareable.org> <1116360352.24560.85.camel@localhost> <1116399887.24560.116.camel@localhost> <1116400118.24560.119.camel@localhost> <001b01c55b92$1d09c6e0$0101010a@dioxide> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 12:24:47 +0200 Message-Id: <1116411888.6572.18.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 3.7 (+++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (3.7 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 1.1 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 488 Lines: 13 On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 13:12 +0300, linux wrote: > Why jiffies start counting from a negative number and after 5minutes the > counter gets positive???? to find bugs in broken drivers who think jiffies doesn't wrap or has an absolute value... - 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/