> > I don't know anything about it (and my box is an Alpha for which HZ is
> > 1024), but, one ignorant proposal: would it perhaps be worthwhile to have
> > the HZ value higher for faster (x86) systems based on the target picked in
> > make config? Say, your 400 for Pentium+ and 100 for 486 or lower..?
>
> Yes, I think this would be a good idea.
> No time to code it into the CONFIG files, right now, though ...
> If Linus tells me: "Hey, do it, it will be integrated then!" I will have
> time, of course.
You should _not_ need to increase HZ. But there've always been obscure
"feature" in scheduler, and increased HZ work around it.
Pavel
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