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Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.19ac3rc3 on IBM x330/x340 SMP - "ps" time skew
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>
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On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 02:33, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> > HZ on x86 is 100 by default.
> > that isn't 100 per CPU, but 100 per second, regardless of whether the timer 
> > interrupt is distributed between CPUs or serviced on a single CPU.
> 
> No shit. Now, how do you create a ps executable that handles
> a 2.4.xx kernel with a modified HZ value? People did this all

HZ in /proc is still 100 on a correctly modified 2.4 kernel. If people
can't get the modifications right it isnt your fault.


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