Re: [PATCH] Allow CLOCK_TICK_RATE to be undefined

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Jul 18 2012 - 18:51:36 EST


On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:41:40 +0100
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> This patch allows an architecture to not define CLOCK_TICK_RATE, in
> which case ACTHZ defaults to (HZ << 8).

No reason was given for this change.

So those people who are wondering "why don't you just define
CLOCK_TICK_RATE" are made all sad.

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