Re: [PATCH] HZ change for ix86

Chris Wedgwood (cw@ix.net.nz)
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 22:56:04 +1300


On Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 09:25:25PM -0800, B. James Phillippe wrote:

> I don't know anything about it (and my box is an Alpha for which HZ
> is 1024), but, one ignorant proposal: would it perhaps be
> worthwhile to have the HZ value higher for faster (x86) systems
> based on the target picked in make config? Say, your 400 for
> Pentium+ and 100 for 486 or lower..?

I musted have missed the reset of this thread -- what exactly are
people wanting to acheive with a higher timer frequency?

-cw

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