Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 May 2005 15:19:32 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt. |
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On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 11:51:03AM +0100, Paulo Marques wrote: > Andi Kleen wrote: > >>[...] > >I would add a > > > > config HZ_10 if EMBEDDED > > bool "10 Hz" > > > >that is useful for compute servers (although it will violate the TCP > >specification). EMBEDDED would ensure only people who know what they're > >doing set it. > > I thought the lowest frequency the PIT timer would give was around 18 Hz. > > Am I wrong, or are you thinking of other timing devices / different > platforms?
I was thinking of HPET. You're right it would probably not work with PIT.
Oh well, I guess it wasn't that great an idea anyways. I merely suggested it because I know some people do it already.
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