Re: HZ ethernet question

Frank van Maarseveen (F.vanMaarseveen@inter.NL.net)
Sat, 7 Aug 1999 14:01:04 +0200


On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 10:12:10AM +0100, Anton Ivanov wrote:
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> Sorry for the dumb question:
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> I have noticed in some of the drivers (f.e. hamachi.c) the following
> definition:
> #define TX_TIMEOUT (2*HZ)
> Doesn't this evaluate to a different value on alpha (or anything with
> changed HZ) and other architectures? Can this also be the cause of frequent
> board resets when dealing with a lot of small packets?
I think HZ is the number of jiffies per second. As long as it it used in
jiffie context 2*HZ means 2 seconds. Anybody correct me?

-- 
Frank

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