Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:25:24 +0100 (CET) | From | Tim Schmielau <> | Subject | Re: Increasing HZ (patch for HZ > 1000) |
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> Actually, my reasons may sound a little strange, but basically I'd be > fine with HZ=1000 if it wasn't for that annoying ~1 kHz sound when the > CPU is idle (probably bad capacitors). By increasing HZ to 10 kHz, the > sound is at a frequency where the ear is much less sensitive. Anyway, I > thought some people might be interested in high HZ for other (more > fundamental) reasons, so I posted the patch.
=8-) I'd guess a tickless kernel might be what you actually want. See e.g.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/
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