From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751615AbVH2UVO (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:21:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751621AbVH2UVO (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:21:14 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:5028 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751596AbVH2UVN (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:21:13 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.13 new option timer frequency From: Lee Revell To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Nick Warne , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050829184818.3305.qmail@lwn.net> References: <20050829184818.3305.qmail@lwn.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:21:10 -0400 Message-Id: <1125346871.4598.71.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.3.8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 12:48 -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > > I built and installed 2.6.13 today, and oldconfig revealed the new option for > > timer frequency. > > > > I searched the LKML on this, but all I found is the technical stuff - not > > really any layman solutions. > > I wrote a bit about the timer frequency option a few weeks ago: > > http://lwn.net/Articles/145973/ > I just updated the thread to explain the "singing capacitor" issue which has been mostly overlooked in this debate so far. Lee