Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Sep 2004 09:51:25 +0200 (CEST) | From | Tim Schmielau <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: boot time, process start time, and NOW time |
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On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, George Anzinger wrote:
> OGAWA Hirofumi wrote: > > in time_init(), and hpet_time_init(), > > xtime.tv_nsec = (INITIAL_JIFFIES % HZ) * (NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ); > > should be > > xtime.tv_nsec = ((long)INITIAL_JIFFIES % HZ) * (NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ); > > > > because > > (INITIAL_JIFFIES % HZ) * (NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ) == 296000000 > > and > > ((long)INITIAL_JIFFIES % HZ) * (NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ) == 0 > > It is possible that I am missing something here, but I just don't see that it > matters. If the wall clock is set jiffies is not changed so there is no implied > or actual alignment between these two. > > Is there a calculation in the system that would differ if this were changed?
Yep, I also think it _should_ not matter at all. That's why I suggested setting it to zero, but maybe we just shouldn't touch it..
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