Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 18 Jan 1999 08:39:31 +0100 | From | Lenart Gabor <> | Subject | Re: HZ=1024 for CPU >= 586? |
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On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 11:01:09PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote: > I recompiled 2.2.0pre7ac4 with HZ=1024 and the responsiveness of the > Mousecursor under X is significantly improved. Lagging keyboard input etc > etc have all been reduced. > > Could we have the kernel increase the HZ for the modern faster CPUs? > F.e. leave it at 100 HZ for 386 486. Switch to 1024 for 586 and higher.
And it would be nice (eg for testing) to have a kernel paramater ( eg hz=....) to set HZ value, maybe ... [some sysctl would be the best but I don't know if it's possible to change HZ on-the-flay ...]
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