Re: [PATCHSET][2.6-test4][0/6]Support for HPET based timer - Take 2

From: Linus Torvalds (torvalds_at_osdl.org)
Date: 08/31/03

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To: Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>

    On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Erik Andersen wrote:
    >
    > gcc then generates code calling __udivdi3 and __umoddi3. Since
    > the kernel does not provide these, people keep reinventing them.
    > Perhaps it is time to kill off do_div and all its little friends
    > and simply copy __udivdi3 and __umoddi3 from libgcc.....

    No. do_div() does _nothing_ like __udivdi3/__umoddi3.

    Read the documentation.

                    Linus

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