Re: Can and should the kernel HZ value be changed?

MOLNAR Ingo (mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu)
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 05:19:31 +0100 (CET)


On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Egil Kvaleberg wrote:

> The current HZ value of 100 is definitely archaic, best suitable for a
> 386SX at 16MHz. The performance potential of increasing HZ with respect to
> realtime and interactivite responsiveness is so huge, it simply cannot be
> overlooked.

could you elaborate why it makes a difference? what part of the kernel do
you think causes the speedup?

-- mingo

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