Re: Increasing HZ (patch for HZ > 1000)

From: Nick Piggin
Date: Thu Dec 11 2003 - 02:32:33 EST




Jean-Marc Valin wrote:

Why would you want to *increase* HZ? I'd say 1000 is already too high
personally, but I'm curious what you'd want to do with it? Embedded
real-time stuff?


Actually, my reasons may sound a little strange, but basically I'd be
fine with HZ=1000 if it wasn't for that annoying ~1 kHz sound when the
CPU is idle (probably bad capacitors). By increasing HZ to 10 kHz, the
sound is at a frequency where the ear is much less sensitive. Anyway, I
thought some people might be interested in high HZ for other (more
fundamental) reasons, so I posted the patch.


Heh! Does it scare your dog away? ;)

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