Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

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	Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
	drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
	net/core/drop_monitor.c
	net/core/net-traces.c

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+/*
+ * rational fractions
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 emlix GmbH, Oskar Schirmer <os@emlix.com>
+ *
+ * helper functions when coping with rational numbers
+ */
+
+#include <linux/rational.h>
+
+/*
+ * calculate best rational approximation for a given fraction
+ * taking into account restricted register size, e.g. to find
+ * appropriate values for a pll with 5 bit denominator and
+ * 8 bit numerator register fields, trying to set up with a
+ * frequency ratio of 3.1415, one would say:
+ *
+ * rational_best_approximation(31415, 10000,
+ *		(1 << 8) - 1, (1 << 5) - 1, &n, &d);
+ *
+ * you may look at given_numerator as a fixed point number,
+ * with the fractional part size described in given_denominator.
+ *
+ * for theoretical background, see:
+ * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continued_fraction
+ */
+
+void rational_best_approximation(
+	unsigned long given_numerator, unsigned long given_denominator,
+	unsigned long max_numerator, unsigned long max_denominator,
+	unsigned long *best_numerator, unsigned long *best_denominator)
+{
+	unsigned long n, d, n0, d0, n1, d1;
+	n = given_numerator;
+	d = given_denominator;
+	n0 = d1 = 0;
+	n1 = d0 = 1;
+	for (;;) {
+		unsigned long t, a;
+		if ((n1 > max_numerator) || (d1 > max_denominator)) {
+			n1 = n0;
+			d1 = d0;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (d == 0)
+			break;
+		t = d;
+		a = n / d;
+		d = n % d;
+		n = t;
+		t = n0 + a * n1;
+		n0 = n1;
+		n1 = t;
+		t = d0 + a * d1;
+		d0 = d1;
+		d1 = t;
+	}
+	*best_numerator = n1;
+	*best_denominator = d1;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rational_best_approximation);