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Subject: Re: -mm -> 2.6.13 merge status
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On Maw, 2005-06-21 at 07:54, Andrew Morton wrote:
> CONFIG_HZ for x86 and ia64: changes default HZ to 250, make HZ Kconfigurable.
>     Will merge (will switch default to 1000 Hz later if that seems necessary)

This has been in Fedora for a while. DaveJ can probably give you more
info. From own testing 100Hz is how far down you want to go to avoid
random clock slew on laptops and to see power improvements.