Return-Path: Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id <153981-13684>; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 15:20:10 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:1459 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" ident: "NO-IDENT-SERVICE[2]") by vger.rutgers.edu with ESMTP id <160317-13684>; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 05:46:06 -0500 Message-ID: <19990107140917.23736@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 14:09:17 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Kurt Garloff Cc: "B. James Phillippe" , Linux kernel list Subject: Re: [PATCH] HZ change for ix86 References: <19990105094830.A17862@kg1.ping.de> <19990106102908.A27572@kg1.ping.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <19990106102908.A27572@kg1.ping.de>; from Kurt Garloff on Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 10:29:08AM +0100 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Content-Length: 971 Lines: 24 Hi! > > I don't know anything about it (and my box is an Alpha for which HZ is > > 1024), but, one ignorant proposal: would it perhaps be worthwhile to have > > the HZ value higher for faster (x86) systems based on the target picked in > > make config? Say, your 400 for Pentium+ and 100 for 486 or lower..? > > Yes, I think this would be a good idea. > No time to code it into the CONFIG files, right now, though ... > If Linus tells me: "Hey, do it, it will be integrated then!" I will have > time, of course. You should _not_ need to increase HZ. But there've always been obscure "feature" in scheduler, and increased HZ work around it. Pavel -- The best software in life is free (not shareware)! Pavel GCM d? s-: !g p?:+ au- a--@ w+ v- C++@ UL+++ L++ N++ E++ W--- M- Y- R+ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/