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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock
From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
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On Thu, 2007-07-19 at 19:13 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > 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.

How so?

Daniel