Re: HZ, preferably as small as possible

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Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > I'd like to see oneshot timer interrupts as a compile time
> > option on any architecture that is capable of doing it. But of
> > course it is not easy.
> >
> > Have I missed something somewhere?
>
> The APIC on modern systems has decent timers. There may also be ACPI timers
> we can use on ACPI capable systems.

In what units do they meassure time? It would be nice if
they were garanteed to match the TSC frequency or some
other of the units already being used.

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