Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:21:31 -0400 |
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On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 21:30 -0700, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > Look back in the thread. It made kernel compiles about 5% faster on a > fairly large box. I think the SGI people did it originally because it > caused them even larger problems. >
Right, I saw those, but you don't expect to change the default HZ based on that one test, do you? How about some numbers for a regular desktop?
> I'm not saying their aren't arguments on both sides ... there are. I > just agree with you there's a lot of hand-waving going on ... but > probably not agreeing as to who it's coming from ;-) >
Well, I think the burden of proof is on those who are proposing radical changes, IOW I don't think I should be required to produce any numbers to justify the status quo.
Lee
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