Re: [PATCH 1/3] Replace kernel/timeconst.pl with kernel/timeconst.sh

[Michal Marek]

Rob Landley wrote:
> On Thursday 10 December 2009 07:52:44 Michal Marek wrote:
>> and the makefile would run timeconst.pl to generate timeconst_custom.h
>> iff HZ is set to something arbitrary. I don't have a patch for that, but
>> I don't see a fundamental problem with such approach.
> 
> I looked at that when I was attempting to update (rather than replace) my 
> original patch.  There's a reason I didn't go there.  You're suggesting there 
> be two code paths, one maintained by hand and the other just about never 
> tested against bit-rot.

OK, that's valid point, indeed. Peter, would you ack Rob's patch with
the oneline fix added (http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/8/94 plus
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/12/9/435)?

Michal
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