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authorSiddaraju DH <siddarajudh@gmail.com>2018-07-19 12:36:51 -0400
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-07-23 11:33:06 -0400
commit9e7c758ec4768cf47779dea3cc8452f871f8d07e (patch)
treeb18e0f6c0466c0471bcce191c4759ccfd2c560cc
parent701b3a3c0ac42630f74a5efba8545d61ac0e3293 (diff)
timekeeping.txt: Correct maxCount of n-bit binary counter
A n-bit binary counter can count a maximum of 2^n events and the count value ranges from 0 to (2^n)-1 Signed-off-by: Siddaraju DH <siddarajudh@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ a Linux system will eventually read the clock source to determine exactly
27what time it is. 27what time it is.
28 28
29Typically the clock source is a monotonic, atomic counter which will provide 29Typically the clock source is a monotonic, atomic counter which will provide
30n bits which count from 0 to 2^(n-1) and then wraps around to 0 and start over. 30n bits which count from 0 to (2^n)-1 and then wraps around to 0 and start over.
31It will ideally NEVER stop ticking as long as the system is running. It 31It will ideally NEVER stop ticking as long as the system is running. It
32may stop during system suspend. 32may stop during system suspend.
33 33