Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 00:47:23 +0200
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [0/4] [2.6 patch] better i386 CPU selection
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On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 12:38:48AM +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-09-25 20:02:23 +0200, Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>
> wrote in message <20030925180223.GC15696@fs.tum.de>:
> > Changes since the last set of patches:
> > [1/4]
> > - changed the i386 CPU selection from a choice to single options for
> >   every cpu
> 
> If only "slow" CPUs are selected (i386 .. Pentium Classic/MMX), I'd
> really like to see HZ=100 (or even less) because on these machines, the
> timer interrupt handler consumes a measureable amount of time...

AFAIR there was a patch floating around that added a config option for 
HZ. With such a patch integrated it would be eeasy to integrate this 
into my patch.

> MfG, JBG

cu
Adrian

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