From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@ix.net.nz>
To: "B. James Phillippe" <bryan@terran.org>
Cc: Kurt Garloff <K.Garloff@ping.de>,
Linux kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HZ change for ix86
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 22:56:04 +1300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990107225604.B1900@caffeine.ix.net.nz> (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..?
I musted have missed the reset of this thread -- what exactly are
people wanting to acheive with a higher timer frequency?
-cw
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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
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 [this message]
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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