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

From: Lee Revell
Date: Wed Jul 13 2005 - 11:54:37 EST


On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 12:26 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> >
> > Going to HZ=864 would fix this problem. It would likely cause other
> > problems in places that expect 1/HZ to be a sane number, though.
> >
> But if you are going to an "odd" value, would 1381 would be a better
> choice, given the interest in minimizing latency currently evident?

No, I think 864 is quite good enough. 1381 seems overkill even for
multimedia, people who need that can use the RTC anyway.

Lee

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