From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 00:12:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 00:12:16 -0400 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:5127 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 00:12:08 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: How to know HZ from userspace? Date: 31 May 2001 21:12:00 -0700 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: <9f74mg$1it$1@cesium.transmeta.com> In-Reply-To: <20010530203725.H27719@corellia.laforge.distro.conectiva> <9f41vq$our$1@cesium.transmeta.com> <20010601035739.A1630@bacchus.dhis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: <20010601035739.A1630@bacchus.dhis.org> By author: Ralf Baechle In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 05:07:22PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > Yes, but that's because the interfaces are broken. The decision has > > been that these values should be exported using the default HZ for the > > architecture, and that it is the kernel's responsibility to scale them > > when HZ != USER_HZ. I don't know if any work has been done in this > > area. > > We have such patches in the MIPS tree but I never dared to send them to > Linus ... > Please do. -=hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt