Re: [PATCH] Avoid overflows in kernel/time.c

[H. Peter Anvin]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> > NOTE: This patch uses a bc(1) script to compute the appropriate
> > constants.
>
> Does this add the first dependency upon the availability of bc?

I believe it does.  I used bc because doing it C would have required 
arbitrary-precision code or have added a dependency on libgmp.

	-hpa
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