From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 09:56:23 -0700
Subject: is the tickless kernel now the "standard"?
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On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 12:41:30PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>   given that ubuntu ships with the kernel configured for tickless
> behaviour, and that RHEL6 also ships tickless, is it safe to say that
> tickless is now the standard configuration?  is there a compelling
> reason to *not* run tickless with the latest 2.6 kernels?

Yes it is the "standard" and no, there is not any reason to not enable
it.  Unless you like burning extra power for no reason.

greg k-h