RE: [RFC PATCH 13/22 -v2] handle accurate time keeping over longdelays

2008-01-10 Thread Luck, Tony
> If you noticed in my email, the fix for ppc was a bit easier, as it has > only a 64bit counter that is quite unlikely to wrap twice between calls > to update_wall_time(). "quite unlikely" ... Hmmm just how fast are you driving the clocks on your ppc? Even at 100GHz It is almost SIX YEARS

RE: [RFC PATCH 13/22 -v2] handle accurate time keeping over longdelays

2008-01-10 Thread Luck, Tony
If you noticed in my email, the fix for ppc was a bit easier, as it has only a 64bit counter that is quite unlikely to wrap twice between calls to update_wall_time(). quite unlikely ... Hmmm just how fast are you driving the clocks on your ppc? Even at 100GHz It is almost SIX YEARS between