Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Aug 1999 14:01:04 +0200 | From | Frank van Maarseveen <> | Subject | Re: HZ ethernet question |
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On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 10:12:10AM +0100, Anton Ivanov wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > 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?
-- Frank
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