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Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:13:45 -0800
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To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Subject: Re: [git pull] timer fix
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Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> The solution is (based on Linus's suggestion) to compare 64-bits
                                                   ^not, presumably
> (on 64-bit x86), but to do the comparison on 32-bit signed
> integers.

	-hpa