Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753802AbZAEAlb (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jan 2009 19:41:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751973AbZAEAlU (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jan 2009 19:41:20 -0500 Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.128.184]:32155 "EHLO fk-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751551AbZAEAlS (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Jan 2009 19:41:18 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=e4IO4YMCJego2ygOa4BorUtAnkRpdand9H3Dmev8CQ1R+Wql/g9nJVy+BZVCG3RZVz AlVwJhOtjHh4ga8ZiDefMa/n/Zb/LiYs7fIYXcDFyBptP6tg+wT3iyKPGAdBq3tdcBFT yc1jV6doAFu9RFLY1sL2RPWJgkyZ4zzx3ESSE= Message-ID: <2c0942db0901041641v5546a1e2med4ca18fe8d2510f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 16:41:15 -0800 From: "Ray Lee" To: "Rob Landley" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3]: Replace kernel/timeconst.pl with kernel/timeconst.sh Cc: "Embedded Linux mailing list" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Andrew Morton" , "H. Peter Anvin" , "Sam Ravnborg" In-Reply-To: <200901020213.30658.rob@landley.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200901020207.30359.rob@landley.net> <200901020213.30658.rob@landley.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6251af38f077cadb Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 848 Lines: 18 On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Rob Landley wrote: > Replace kernel/timeconst.pl with kernel/timeconst.sh. The new shell script > is much simpler, about 1/4 the size, and runs on Red Hat 9 from 2003. > > Peter Anvin added this perl to 2.6.25. Before that, the kernel had never > required perl to build. Nice work. As the computations can all be done in 64-bit precision now, and there have been concerns expressed about some shells not supporting 64 bit integers, is there any reason this can't be done using long longs in C? Other than ruining a good bike shed argument, anyway. -- 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/