From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262856AbVGHVxk (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:53:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262826AbVGHVvm (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:51:42 -0400 Received: from ylpvm29-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.57.60]:21407 "EHLO ylpvm29.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262829AbVGHVtR (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jul 2005 17:49:17 -0400 X-ORBL: [63.202.173.158] Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:49:08 -0700 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Cc: Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , christoph@lameter.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt Message-ID: <20050708214908.GA31225@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <200506231828.j5NISlCe020350@hera.kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200506231828.j5NISlCe020350@hera.kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 11:28:47AM -0700, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote: > [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt [...] > +choice > + prompt "Timer frequency" > + default HZ_250 WHAT? The previous value here i386 is 1000 --- so why is the default 250. Changing the *default* time interrupt frequency in a stable series is *really* bad idea if you ask me. Now that this has hit mainline please consider applying: --- kernel/Kconfig.hz~ 2005-06-24 22:16:35.023986593 -0700 +++ kernel/Kconfig.hz 2005-07-08 14:46:35.428917597 -0700 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ choice prompt "Timer frequency" - default HZ_250 + default HZ_1000 help Allows the configuration of the timer frequency. It is customary to have the timer interrupt run at 1000 HZ but 100 HZ may be more