This version (relative to the current tree):
o eliminates "while (ticks_elapsed)" loop. It's not needed.
o drop "ticks_elapsed" completely from timer_interrupt().
o Estimates elapsed cycles (based on HZ) to see which kind of
  math we want to use to calculate "cycles_remainder".
o Fixes a bug where we would loose a tick if we decided
  we wanted to skip one interrupt.

Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@parisc-linux.org>