Messages in this thread |  | | From | Matthias Urlichs <> | Subject | Re: Jiffies Wraparound (was Re: interrupt counts) | Date | Tue, 20 Aug 1996 13:17:37 +0100 |
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In linux.dev.kernel, article <4vbt5c$bi9@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>, ig25@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig) writes: > > What about adding an option 'Test jiffie wraparound' to the > 'kernel hacking' section of the configuration? This could be used > to set that jiffies wrap around (configurable via a boot option, > for example). I'm sure there are people who would like to try this > out :-)
Hmm, right; should be easy, just set jiffies to (unsigned)(-5*60*HZ) instead of zero when booting.
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