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

Andrew Morton
2005-07-08T22:03:21Z

Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:28:47AM -0700, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote:
^^^^^^

It's been over two weeks and nobody has complained about anything.

>
> > [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
>
> [...]
>
> > +choice
> > + prompt "Timer frequency"
> > + default HZ_250
>
> WHAT?
>
> The previous value here i386 is 1000 --- so why is the default 250.

Because 1000 is too high.

> Now that this has hit mainline please consider applying:

We might indeed do that. But if nobody continues to notice anything, we
might not. We'll see.