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@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/timers/timekeeping.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/timers/timekeeping.txt b/Documentation/timers/timekeeping.txt index f3a8cf2..2d1732b 100644 --- a/Documentation/timers/timekeeping.txt +++ b/Documentation/timers/timekeeping.txt @@ -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. -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
