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Old 28-11-2007, 02:27 PM   #6
Peter Terpstra
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Re: what's the timer resolution in Linux

linuxadmin@yandex.ru in
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> The default kernel in opensuse has the value 250 HZ.
> I know that all newer kernels allow to choose between 100, 250, 300,
> 1000


But i'm wandering what kind off difference it should make.
What kind of response could we expect if the resolution would be set to 100
or 1000? What does this CONFIG_HZ/resolution value do to a machine?

Kind Regards,

Peter

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