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Subject: Re: Why HZ on i386 is 100 ?
To: george@mvista.com (george anzinger)
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 10:12:26 +0100 (BST)
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> so, what?  We will have a timer interrupt prior to the slice end, and
> will have to make this decision all over again.  However, the real rub

Only on unusual occasions.

> is that we have to keep track of elapsed time and account for that (i.e.
> shorten the remaining slice) not only in the timer interrupt, but each

We do anyway

Alan
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