linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Reduce the default HZ value

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0905071136520.10171@qirst.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 May 2009 11:40:19 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Alok Kataria <akataria@...are.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Reduce the default HZ value

On Thu, 7 May 2009, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Amen.  Also, "using HZ as a unit of measurement must die, too."

Dont think that is a problem if we had a convention of seeing 1 HZ as an
interval of 1 ms or so.




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