Re: Increasing HZ (patch for HZ > 1000)

Tim Schmielau
2003-12-11T08:25:36Z

> Actually, my reasons may sound a little strange, but basically I'd be
> fine with HZ=1000 if it wasn't for that annoying ~1 kHz sound when the
> CPU is idle (probably bad capacitors). By increasing HZ to 10 kHz, the
> sound is at a frequency where the ear is much less sensitive. Anyway, I
> thought some people might be interested in high HZ for other (more
> fundamental) reasons, so I posted the patch.

=8-)
I'd guess a tickless kernel might be what you actually want. See e.g.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/

Tim