Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262159AbVERKdg (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 06:33:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262158AbVERKcs (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 06:32:48 -0400 Received: from mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.188]:17100 "EHLO mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262156AbVERKcg (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 May 2005 06:32:36 -0400 From: Con Kolivas To: "linux" Subject: Re: 2.6 jiffies Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 20:32:54 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 Cc: "lkml" References: <1116005355.6248.372.camel@localhost> <1116256279 <001b01c55b92$1d09c6e0$0101010a@dioxide> In-Reply-To: <001b01c55b92$1d09c6e0$0101010a@dioxide> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2639729.PceE539ysu"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200505182032.57234.kernel@kolivas.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 961 Lines: 33 --nextPart2639729.PceE539ysu Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-7" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, 18 May 2005 20:12, linux wrote: > Why jiffies start counting from a negative number and after 5minutes the > counter gets positive???? It's an excellent way to test if jiffy wrap is handled well since it will=20 happen in 5 minutes instead of 50 days. Cheers, Con --nextPart2639729.PceE539ysu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCixnZZUg7+tp6mRURAhJGAJ0St/an3zMZCW21B+r6HxEVfVyjaQCfZz5C QKQE2aHmozLLAvQ3AElsFjk= =EdSk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2639729.PceE539ysu-- - 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/