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

Chris Friesen
2005-07-11T20:43:08Z

Lee Revell wrote:

> Tickless + sub HZ timers is a win for everyone, the multimedia people
> get better latency, and the laptop people get to run longer.

IIRC it's not a win for many systems. Throughput goes down due to timer
manipulation overhead.

Chris