Re: dynamic-hz

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> See?  Measurements in reality give the true story.  Words are just
> that - words - which may not reflect reality.

On athlon64 notebook, HZ=1000 takes 1W of power. That's 5% of overall
power consumption, and as much as spinning disk takes. I'd say that's
rather significant.
								Pavel
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