Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:36:02 -0400 |
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On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 20:31 +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > why?
Because the minimum poll/select timeout is now 4ms rather than 1ms. An app that has a soft RT constraint somewhere in the middle that worked on 2.6.12 will break on 2.6.13.
> it's a config option. Some distros ship 100 already, others 1000, again > others will do 250. What does it matter? > (Although I still prefer 300 over 250 due to the 50/60 thing) > > 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?
Lee
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