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From: Christian Hesse <mail@earthworm.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>, ck list <ck@vds.kolivas.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.12-ck4
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:28:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200507271328.45324.mail@earthworm.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200507272111.27757.kernel@kolivas.org>

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On Wednesday 27 July 2005 13:11, Con Kolivas wrote:
> HZ-864.diff
> +My take on the never ending config HZ debate. Apart from the number not
> being pleasing on the eyes, a HZ value that isn't a multiple of 10 is
> perfectly valid. Setting HZ to 864 gives us very similar low latency
> performance to a 1000HZ kernel, decreases overhead ever so slightly, and
> minimises clock drift substantially. The -server patch uses HZ=82 for
> similar reasons, with the emphasis on throughput rather than low latency.
> Madness? Probably, but then I can't see any valid argument against using
> these values.

Some time ago I tried with HZ=209, but the system then freezes after a few 
minutes... Any ideas what could be the reason? Are only even numbers allowed?

-- 
Christian

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  reply	other threads:[~2005-07-27 11:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-07-27 11:11 2.6.12-ck4 Con Kolivas
2005-07-27 11:28 ` Christian Hesse [this message]
2005-07-27 12:00   ` 2.6.12-ck4 Con Kolivas
2005-07-27 13:07 ` [ck] 2.6.12-ck4 André Goddard Rosa
2005-07-27 23:09 ` Kerin Millar

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