Re: [PATCH]: fix 32bits integer overflow in loops_per_jiffy

Benjamin Herrenschmidt (benh@kernel.crashing.org)
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 22:00:16 +0200


>> In this specific case, we were talking about PPC since the problem
>> occured when I implemented cpufreq support to switch the speed
>> of the latest powerbooks between 667 and 800Mhz
>
>And the patch from Yoann solves this? Then it might be easiest to use this
>for the time being, and switch to George Anzinger's sc_math.h once
>high-res-timer is merged.

Provided Yoann patch doesn't break other machines, that's what I would
do, yes.

Ben.

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