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From: Sean MacLennan <smaclennan@pikatech.com>
To: Tony Breeds <tony@bakeyournoodle.com>
Cc: LinuxPPC-dev <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix powerpc vdso clock_getres().
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:16:57 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47AC9C99.2000603@pikatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080207064750.GG6887@bakeyournoodle.com>

Tony Breeds wrote:
> Since implementing highres timers on powerpc the clock_getres syscall
> has reported different resolutions due to the vdso using the a low res
> value.  In the patch d7f71674ad7c3c4467e48f6ab9e85516dae2720 
> ([POWERPC] Use a sensible default for clock_getres() in the VDSO), the
> powerpc vdso was updated to use the correct value.
>
> This fix doesn't work on older compilers.  Below is a fix for powerpc,
> that introduces a new (generic) #define MONOTONIC_RES_NSEC which is
> equal to the 64 value stored in KTIME_MONOTONIC_RES.
>   
Just a confirmation that this patch fixed my compile issue. And I was 
using gcc-4.0.0.

Thanks,
   Sean

      reply	other threads:[~2008-02-08 18:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-02-07  6:47 [PATCH] Fix powerpc vdso clock_getres() Tony Breeds
2008-02-08 18:16 ` Sean MacLennan [this message]

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