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SubjectRe: HZ ethernet question
On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 10:12:10AM +0100, Anton Ivanov wrote:
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> Sorry for the dumb question:
>
> I have noticed in some of the drivers (f.e. hamachi.c) the following
> definition:
> #define TX_TIMEOUT (2*HZ)
> Doesn't this evaluate to a different value on alpha (or anything with
> changed HZ) and other architectures? Can this also be the cause of frequent
> board resets when dealing with a lot of small packets?
I think HZ is the number of jiffies per second. As long as it it used in
jiffie context 2*HZ means 2 seconds. Anybody correct me?

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Frank

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