Re: [PATCHSET][2.6-test4][0/6]Support for HPET based timer - Take2
From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Sun Aug 31 2003 - 16:06:43 EST
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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