Re: dynamic-hz

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Hans Kristian Rosbach wrote:
> I'm not sure what the above "scedule_timeout(HZ/10)" is supposed to
> do, but the parameter it gets in 1000hz is "100" so I assume this
> is because we want to wait for 100ms, and in 1000hz that equals
> 100 cycles. Correct?

`schedule_timeout(HZ/x)' lets it wait for 1/x'th second.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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