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Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 16:01:08 -0600 (MDT)
From: Thunder from the hill <thunder@ngforever.de>
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Subject: Re: HZ, preferably as small as possible
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Hi,

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Andrew Morton wrote:
> That makes a ton of sense.
> 
> > But on the other hand, increasing HZ has perf/latency benefits, yes? Have
> > these been quantified?
> 
> Not that I'm aware of.  And I'd regard any such claims with some
> scepticism.
> 
> > I'd either like to see a HZ that has balanced
> > power/performance, or could we perhaps detect we are on a system that cares
> > about power (aka a laptop) and tweak its value at runtime?

Want a config option? Either int or bool (CONFIG_LOW_HZ). It's not too 
much effort.

							Regards,
							Thunder
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