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

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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References:
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: Lee Revell <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: Lee Revell <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: Chris Wedgwood <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: dean gaudet <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: Chris Wedgwood <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: dean gaudet <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: Lee Revell <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: Lee Revell <[email protected]>
- Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt
  - From: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]>

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