Re: [PATCH] HZ==100 assumptions

Eric Lammerts (eric@scintilla.utwente.nl)
Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:58:21 +0200 (CEST)


On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Pauline Middelink wrote:

> Oh, ok. Than perhaps we need to investigate what the original
> author wanted, just a short delay (HZ/100 is good enough) or
> indeed 1 jiffie or HZ/18. My feeling is that 10ms is good
> enough...

On Linux, a jiffie means 1/HZ seconds. It's confusing if you call
BIOS/MSDOS clock ticks jiffies.

All this talk about BIOS/MSDOS clock ticks is irrelevant anyway because
it has nothing to do with Linux.

Eric

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