Re: [PATCH 2/6] powerpc/time: Use clockevents_calc_mult_shift

[Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>]

Hi Kumar,

> > static void register_decrementer_clockevent(int cpu)
> > {
> > 	struct clock_event_device *dec = &per_cpu(decrementers,
> > cpu).event; @@ -955,7 +928,8 @@ static void __init
> > init_decrementer_cloc {
> > 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
> > 
> > -	setup_clockevent_multiplier(ppc_tb_freq);
> > +	clockevents_calc_mult_shift(&decrementer_clockevent,
> > ppc_tb_freq, 4); +
> 
> Where's this magic 4 come from?

No better reason than that's what most other users do. We weren't
placing any limits on the shift/multiply in the old loop I don't think
we need to, so we could probably just use 1 instead.

Anton