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

Lee Revell
2005-07-12T14:22:50Z

On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 21:30 -0700, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> Look back in the thread. It made kernel compiles about 5% faster on a
> fairly large box. I think the SGI people did it originally because it
> caused them even larger problems.
>

Right, I saw those, but you don't expect to change the default HZ based
on that one test, do you? How about some numbers for a regular desktop?

> I'm not saying their aren't arguments on both sides ... there are. I
> just agree with you there's a lot of hand-waving going on ... but
> probably not agreeing as to who it's coming from ;-)
>

Well, I think the burden of proof is on those who are proposing radical
changes, IOW I don't think I should be required to produce any numbers
to justify the status quo.

Lee