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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/16] math128: Introduce various 128bit primitives
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On Fri, 2012-10-26 at 11:12 -0700, Juri Lelli wrote:

> - scale down (right by 10) incoming parameters as to do internal
>    math with ~1us resolution (and scale up outgoing params)

Would scaling down by 9 be sufficient? That way the resolution is still
just less than 1us.

-- Steve