Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt

[Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>]

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:10, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> The PIT crystal runs at 14.3181818 MHz (CGA dotclock, found on ISA, ...)
> and is divided by 12 to get PIT tick rate
>
> 	14.3181818 MHz / 12 = 1193182 Hz
>
> The reality is that the crystal is usually off by 50-100 ppm from the
> standard value, depending on temperature.
>
>     HZ   ticks/jiffie  1 second      error (ppm)
> ---------------------------------------------------
>    100      11932      1.000015238      15.2
>    200       5966      1.000015238      15.2
>    250       4773      1.000057143      57.1
>    300       3977      0.999931429     -68.6
>    333       3583      0.999964114     -35.9
>    500       2386      0.999847619    -152.4
>   1000       1193      0.999847619    -152.4
>
> Some HZ values indeed fit the tick frequency better than others, up to
> 333 the error is lost in the physical error of the crystal, for 500 and
> 1000, it definitely is larger, and thus noticeable.
>
> Some (less round and nice) values of HZ would fit even better:
>
>     HZ   ticks/jiffie  1 second      error (ppm)
> ---------------------------------------------------
>     82      14551      1.000000152       0.2


Most interesting... Would 838 Hz be a much better choice than 1000 then? 
(apart from the ugliness).

Cheers,
COn

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