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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock
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> What about using the cycles2ns() clocksource helpers, it would eliminate
> the duplication of the shift/multiply math .

They are completely different from what clocksource provides.

-Andi