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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c
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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