Why HZ on i386 is 100 ?

Olaf Fraczyk
2002-04-16T08:11:04Z

Hi,
I would like to know why exactly this value was choosen.
Is it safe to change it to eg. 1024? Will it break anything?
What else should I change to get it working:
CLOCKS_PER_SEC?
Please CC me.

Regards,

Olaf Fraczyk