Re: Why is HZ on an Alpha 1024?

Alessandro Rubini (rubini@pop.systemy.it)
Sat, 2 May 1998 09:46:07 +0200

> [...]
> I had the thought of chaning Hz to be 100, like in the PC.
> [...] Would this help the Alpha?

I think it won't. 1024 is not too high for any processor. I have an
interrupt-based audio device, and 8k interrupts/second are barely
noticeable on a 486-66. Besides, the slower the clock, the less
responsive the overall system.

/alessandro

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