linux-kernel - Re: New RTC drivers don't provide the sysctl to set max user frequency

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Date:	Tue, 5 Feb 2008 20:27:09 -0500
From:	"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com>
To:	"Chuck Ebbert" <cebbert@...hat.com>
Cc:	vapier.adi@...il.com, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: New RTC drivers don't provide the sysctl to set max user frequency

On Feb 5, 2008 5:54 PM, Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com> wrote:
> Is every application that uses /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq
> supposed to be updated to use the new /sys interface?

IMHO the default should be increased to 1024 - the current default of
64 dates back to the 486 era.  This would eliminate the need for a lot
of apps to touch it at all.

Unprivileged users have lots of other ways to generate more than 1024
interrupts/second anyway.

Lee
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