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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 14:30:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Subject: Re: [RFC patch 0/4] TSC calibration improvements
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On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> In fact ... shouldnt we intentionally include a 'wraparound' event in 
> the test?

No.

Face it, if somebody tries to make QUICK_PIT_MS be so large as to that be 
an issue, then the whole point of the function goes away.

			Linus