From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:39:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:39:29 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:50698 "EHLO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:39:28 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:48:35 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: john stultz Cc: Andi Kleen , lkml Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] linux-2.5.59_lost-tick_A0 Message-ID: <20030121234835.GA22132@wotan.suse.de> References: <1043189962.15683.82.camel@w-jstultz2.beaverton.ibm.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <1043191868.15688.93.camel@w-jstultz2.beaverton.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1043191868.15688.93.camel@w-jstultz2.beaverton.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 03:31:08PM -0800, john stultz wrote: > > what happens when 1000000 does not evenly divide HZ? > > I think some ports use HZ=1024 > > Then it comes out to close enough? I'm probably just not getting the > problem. Could you further explain? Have you checked it that it yields an usable value? I'm just asking because I've been badly burned by such integer rounding issues in the past, so it is better to double check them... -Andi