From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 14:47:06 -0800
> The Newton-Raphson method is quadratically convergent so > only a small fixed number of steps are necessary. > Therefore it is faster to unroll the loop. Since div64_64 is no longer > inline it won't cause code explosion. > > Also fixes a bug that can occur if x^2 was bigger than 32 bits. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Applied, thanks Stephen. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
