Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Jan 1999 21:38:15 +0100 | From | Horvath Karoly <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] HZ change for ix86 |
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On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 09:14:14AM -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > There seems to be a general misinformation about what the HZ value is. > I will "simplicate and add lightness".
still darkness here....
> However, if your code is doing: > > UncompressFonts(...........); > ReadAudioFromDsp(...........); > ConvolveImageData(..........); > > you don't want the CPU taken away until you are done.
We can't prevent the kernel from taking away the CPU - and a higher HZ value helps us get back the CPU as soon as possible.
> doesn't produce visual effects. The higher the HZ value, the more > often the CPU gets stolen from the interactive user.
Why is that a problem? Here is an example: You earn 1000$ a month. Your boss decides to pay you not monthly but weekly, and you begin to complain that you only earn 250$.
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