Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Thu, 14 Jul 2005 11:25:29 -0400 |
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On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 08:02 -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > I doubt that increasing the timer frequency is the way to go to solve > these issues. HZ should be as low as possible and we should strive for > a tickless system.
Agreed. Most of those applications are driven by their own interrupt source anyway.
I do think Linus' proposal, or even copying what Windows does, would be a big improvement over the fixed tick rate.
Lee
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