Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268864AbUJPUnN (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:43:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268877AbUJPUnM (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:43:12 -0400 Received: from gprs214-153.eurotel.cz ([160.218.214.153]:50048 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268864AbUJPUmV (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:42:21 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 22:42:06 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: M?ns Rullg?rd Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: High pitched noise from laptop: processor.c in linux 2.6 Message-ID: <20041016204206.GB24434@elf.ucw.cz> References: <41650CAF.1040901@unimail.com.au> <20041007103210.GA32260@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20041007143245.GA1698@openzaurus.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 935 Lines: 30 Hi! > >> >> code didn't help much, I don't know C. > >> > > >> > Change #define HZ 1000 to #define HZ 100... > >> > >> ... and lose all the benefits of HZ=1000. > > > > What benefits? HZ=1000 takes 1W more on my system. > > Isn't it supposed to give more accurate timing? Well, yes, but if it beeps for you... Accurate timing is probably not that important. > > 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms > > Has that really happened? Yes. On gprs it is rather easy to reproduce, unfortunately... Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/