Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt

Quoting Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> [...]
> it's a config option. Some distros ship 100 already, others 1000, again
> others will do 250. What does it matter?
> (Although I still prefer 300 over 250 due to the 50/60 thing)

I just want to point out that while a frequency of 300Hz has good dividers, it
has a lousy period of 3.33... ms. It seems easier to make calculations with a
period of 4 ms per jiffy (250Hz).

The rest of the discussion I'll leave to others as I have no strong feelings
either way.

--
Paulo Marques

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