Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt

Lee Revell
2005-07-14T15:25:37Z

On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 08:02 -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> I doubt that increasing the timer frequency is the way to go to solve
> these issues. HZ should be as low as possible and we should strive for
> a tickless system.

Agreed. Most of those applications are driven by their own interrupt
source anyway.

I do think Linus' proposal, or even copying what Windows does, would be
a big improvement over the fixed tick rate.

Lee