[PATCH] ppc32: add CONFIG_HZ
Grant Likely
glikely at gmail.com
Sat Aug 27 15:04:22 EST 2005
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 07:07:01PM -0400, Dan Malek wrote:
>
> On Aug 26, 2005, at 6:55 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
>
> >Yes, it was. With 2.6.13 and on i386 (and other arches that actually
> >make use of the question) it can be any of 100, 250 or 1000.
>
> Well, 250 just seems wrong as I mentioned in a previous message.
> It will function, but an application is going to see lots of clock
> jitter
> unless you work in multiples of 100. My choices would be 100, 200,
> 500, or 1000.
What's the reason for clock jitter? Is it because most timeouts are set
to multiples of 100, or some other reason?
Thanks,
g.
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