2002-10-16 15:05:11

by Reed, Timothy A

Subject: HZ impact

Mornin' All,
Quick question, what is the impact good/bad of changing the HZ value
from 100 to 1000 in the asm-i386/param.h? Besides the fact that it is 10
times larger.

TIA

Timothy Reed
Software Engineer \ Systems Administrator
Lockheed Martin - NE & SS Syracuse
Email: [email protected]

2002-10-16 15:16:35

by Samium Gromoff

Subject: Re: HZ impact

> Mornin' All,
> Quick question, what is the impact good/bad of changing the HZ value
> from 100 to 1000 in the asm-i386/param.h? Besides the fact that it is 10
> times larger.

potentially lesser latencies vs.
more cache trashing

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cheers,
Samium Gromoff