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diff --git a/Documentation/timers/timekeeping.txt b/Documentation/timers/timekeeping.txt index f3a8cf28f802..2d1732b0a868 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. |