Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 07 May 2009 12:55:05 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Reduce the default HZ value |
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H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: >> Hooray - finally someone admits the *real* problem here, and for power >> management too. Otherwise known as "referencing jiffies as a variable must >> die" > > Amen. Also, "using HZ as a unit of measurement must die, too."
Love to -- now, what will it be replaced with?
grep for 'deadline' in drivers/ata/libata* to find an example not so easily converted away from jiffies.
Jeff
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