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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:04:36 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c
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Chris Snook wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> NOTE: This patch uses a bc(1) script to compute the appropriate
>> constants.
> 
> Perhaps dc would be more appropriate?  That's included in busybox.
> 

Perhaps it would, but I think there is more variability between dc 
implementations -- consider if the busybox version is broken, for eample.

Either way, how many people compile their kernels in a busybox environment?

Anyway, I don't think compiling bc is hard on anything which has a C 
compiler.

	-hpa
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