From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261682AbVGISnD (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jul 2005 14:43:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261695AbVGISmr (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jul 2005 14:42:47 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:8871 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261682AbVGISlJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Jul 2005 14:41:09 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt From: Lee Revell To: Diego Calleja Cc: azarah@nosferatu.za.org, akpm@osdl.org, cw@f00f.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org, christoph@lameter.org In-Reply-To: <20050709203920.394e970d.diegocg@gmail.com> References: <200506231828.j5NISlCe020350@hera.kernel.org> <20050708214908.GA31225@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20050708145953.0b2d8030.akpm@osdl.org> <1120928891.17184.10.camel@lycan.lan> <1120932991.6488.64.camel@mindpipe> <20050709203920.394e970d.diegocg@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:41:05 -0400 Message-Id: <1120934466.6488.77.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 20:39 +0200, Diego Calleja wrote: > El Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:16:31 -0400, > Lee Revell escribió: > > > I still think you're absolutely insane to change the default in the > > middle of a stable kernel series. People WILL complain about it. > > > Lots of people have switched from 2.4 to 2.6 (100 Hz to 1000 Hz) with no impact in > stability, AFAIK. (I only remember some weird warning about HZ with debian woody's > ps). > Yes, that's called "progress" so no one complained. Going back is called a "regression". People don't like those as much. Lee