Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt | | From | Lee Revell <> | | Date | Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:16:01 -0400 |
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On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 12:12 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote: > > > > > This is not a userspace visible thing really with few exceptions, and > > > well people can select the one they want, right? > > > > Then why not leave the default at 1000? > > Because some machines exhibit appreciable latency in entering low power > state via ACPI, and 1000Hz reduces their battery life. By about half, > iirc. >
Then the owners of such machines can use HZ=250 and leave the default alone. Why should everyone have to bear the cost?
Lee
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