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

[H. Peter Anvin]

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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