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

[Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>]

On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 11:24 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >>>> "My expectation is if we want to beat the competition, we'll want
> >>>> the ability to go *under* 100Hz."
> >>> 
> >>> What does Windows do here?
> >>
> >> windows xp base rate is 100Hz... but multimedia apps can ask for almost 
> >
> > 83Hz
> 
> Well, Windoes 98 (vmmon) shows very different ones:

Wow.  Windows has been doing this since *98*?

So that's what Paul meant by "the stupidity of a fixed HZ, which is so
early '90s that its embarrassing".

Lee

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