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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] Replace kernel/timeconst.pl with kernel/timeconst.sh
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On Wednesday 09 December 2009 17:45:21 H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 12/09/2009 03:40 PM, Rob Landley wrote:
> > This is why reducing the perl version to just the precomputed constants
> > wouldn't work either. (They're there so that you only need to install a
> > random cpan library when surprised by a build break on non-x86 machines.)
>
> It's not "a random CPAN library" - it's a core module.

Then why cache large quantities of its output and test for its existence?

Rob
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Latency is more important than throughput. It's that simple. - Linus Torvalds


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