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

David S. Miller
2005-07-08T23:31:45Z

From: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@mbligh.org>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:14:59 -0700

> I'm not saying there isn't data supporting higher HZ ... I just haven't
> seen it published. I get the feeling what people really want is high-res
> timers anyway ... high HZ is just concealing the issue and making it
> slightly less crap, not actually fixing it.

We very much want sub-HZ timers, especially in the networking.