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From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: Albert Cahalan <acahalan@gmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ckpatch][15/29] hz-no_default_250.patch
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 14:53:09 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200606211453.10239.kernel@kolivas.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0606191351350.31576@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>

On Monday 19 June 2006 21:52, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >Yes I stored a family of these values and 864 was ~ the optimum for a high
> >value for desktops and ~84 for a low value but were unpopular for not
> > being
>
> 82 IIRC.

Ah yes here it is

    HZ   ticks/jiffie  1 second      error (ppm)
---------------------------------------------------
    82      14551      1.000000152       0.2
    96      12429      1.000001829       1.8
   209       5709      0.999999314      -0.7
   363       3287      0.999999314      -0.7
   519       2299      0.999999314      -0.7
   864       1381      1.000001829       1.8

>
> >something decimally familiar. Also lots of code kind of broke with values
> >below 100 in the kernel.
>
> Ought to be fixed. Just like the code which assumed 100 Hz and broke during
> the initial switch to 1000, before we went back again to 250. :p

No impetus to fix them I guess since there is no way to configure the kernel 
for sub 100 HZ configs without hacking it.

-- 
-ck

  reply	other threads:[~2006-06-21  4:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-19  0:52 [ckpatch][15/29] hz-no_default_250.patch Albert Cahalan
2006-06-19  1:25 ` Con Kolivas
2006-06-19 11:52   ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-21  4:53     ` Con Kolivas [this message]
2006-06-19  1:30 ` Lee Revell
2006-06-19  1:52   ` Con Kolivas
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-06-18  7:32 Con Kolivas
2006-06-18  7:42 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-06-18 10:08   ` Con Kolivas
2006-06-18 15:03     ` Jan Engelhardt

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