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

Bill Davidsen
2005-07-15T12:36:40Z

Lee Revell wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 16:49 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>
>>YOUR argument is "nobody else matters, only I do".
>>
>>MY argument is that this is a case of give and take.
>>
>>
>
>I wouldn't say that. I do agree with you that HZ=1000 for everyone is
>problematic, I just feel that a reasonable compromise is CONFIG_HZ with
>the default left at 1000.
>

I would just say that changing something like this now is probably not a
great idea, while allowing a config option for 100/250/1000 and maybe
even 2000 won't make everyone happy, but seems to allow everyone to make
themselves happy.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
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Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979