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SubjectRe: Noise with 2.6.0 in a Dell Laptop ( Latitude c600 )
On  January 7, lorenzohgh@nsrg-security.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When the 2.6.0 inits in my laptop it becomes reaaallyyy noisy.
> Why ?

What sort of noise? High pitched whine?
I fix it with the following patch.

NeilBrown



Status: ok

Reduce HZ to 100

see if it affects noise..

----------- Diffstat output ------------
./include/asm-i386/param.h | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff ./include/asm-i386/param.h~current~ ./include/asm-i386/param.h
--- ./include/asm-i386/param.h~current~ 2003-12-26 14:44:21.000000000 +1100
+++ ./include/asm-i386/param.h 2003-12-26 14:50:36.000000000 +1100
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
#define _ASMi386_PARAM_H

#ifdef __KERNEL__
-# define HZ 1000 /* Internal kernel timer frequency */
+# define HZ 100 /* Internal kernel timer frequency */
# define USER_HZ 100 /* .. some user interfaces are in "ticks" */
# define CLOCKS_PER_SEC (USER_HZ) /* like times() */
#endif
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