Re: MSEC_TO_JIFFIES is messed up...

[Jeff Garzik]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > > Woah, that's new.  And wrong.  The code in include/asm-i386/param.h that
> > > says:
> > > 	# define JIFFIES_TO_MSEC(x)     (x)
> > > 	# define MSEC_TO_JIFFIES(x)     (x)
> > >
> > > Is not correct.  Look at kernel/sched.c for verification of this :)
> >
> >
> > Yes, that is _massively_ broken.
>
>
> why is it wrong?


Because drivers define that exact same symbol, in an arch-generic way.

	Jeff


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