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authorSiddaraju DH <siddarajudh@gmail.com>2018-07-19 18:36:51 +0200
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-07-23 17:33:06 +0200
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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
what time it is.
Typically the clock source is a monotonic, atomic counter which will provide
-n bits which count from 0 to 2^(n-1) and then wraps around to 0 and start over.
+n bits which count from 0 to (2^n)-1 and then wraps around to 0 and start over.
It will ideally NEVER stop ticking as long as the system is running. It
may stop during system suspend.