HZ in 2.6 on PPC32

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 18:03, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> Why is this still defined to 100? I'm running at 1000 now, and it makes
> a huge difference for interactivity. Moreover, CONFIG_PREEMPT now makes
> things even better instead of worse. :)
>
> If the reason is the slow PPC32 CPUs still around, maybe make it a
> config option?

A config option would probably be a better idea, I doubt lots of embedded
or low end configs wants HZ at 1000... Regarding CONFIG_PREEMPT, it's
really weird that it "makes things worse" for you with HZ at 100. But
that may also be the 2.6-test scheduler suckyness...

Ben.


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