From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: tony@atomide.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: OMAP: timer32k: fix tick count calculation when
	reprogramming
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 01:51:04 -0700
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* imre.deak@solidboot.com <imre.deak@solidboot.com> [060703 08:51]:
> Reprogramming takes places before putting the CPU into idle mode if
> the dynamic tick option is enabled. The timer is then set to expire
> at the next pending timer event. Because some time has already passed
> since the last reported jiffy we have to wait less than the time
> specified in jiffies.

Looks good to me. This patch seems to need an update though.

Did you do this to fix some specific problem, or just to improve timer
accuracy?

> Also make sure we don't set a load value of 0 whose outcome is
> unspecified according to the TRM.

OK

Tony