Re: Can and should the kernel HZ value be changed?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 9 Jan 1999 20:37:42 +0000 (GMT)


> It isn't that bad. Rather, I would think the main problem is SMP: on a
> Pentium any 64 bit would by nature be non-atomic.

CMPXCHG8 isnt

Alan

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