From: Kurt Garloff <K.Garloff@ping.de>
To: "B. James Phillippe" <bryan@terran.org>
Cc: Linux kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HZ change for ix86
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 10:29:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990106102908.A27572@kg1.ping.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9901052119090.19960-100000@earth.terran.org>; from B. James Phillippe on Tue, Jan 05, 1999 at 09:25:25PM -0800
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..?
Yes, I think this would be a good idea.
No time to code it into the CONFIG files, right now, though ...
If Linus tells me: "Hey, do it, it will be integrated then!" I will have
time, of course.
--
Kurt Garloff <kurt@garloff.de> [Dortmund, FRG]
Plasma physics, high perf. computing [Linux-ix86,-axp, DUX]
PGP key on http://www.garloff.de/kurt/ [Linux SCSI driver: DC390]
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-01-07 2:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-01-05 8:48 [PATCH] HZ change for ix86 Kurt Garloff
1999-01-06 3:57 ` Benjamin Scherrey
1999-01-06 9:41 ` Kurt Garloff
1999-01-07 9:54 ` Chris Wedgwood
1999-01-06 5:25 ` B. James Phillippe
1999-01-06 9:29 ` Kurt Garloff [this message]
1999-01-07 13:09 ` Pavel Machek
1999-01-08 14:14 ` Richard B. Johnson
1999-01-08 22:23 ` Kurt Garloff
1999-01-07 9:56 ` Chris Wedgwood
1999-01-07 17:38 ` Riley Williams
1999-01-06 8:21 ` Egil Kvaleberg
1999-01-07 17:56 ` Dan Kegel
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