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Date:      Fri, 3 Nov 2006 15:32:12 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Jonathan Vomacka <jonathanv@optonline.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 1000 user_hz or hz Values in FreeBSD 6.1 (AMD64)
Message-ID:  <20061103213212.GK3839@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <454BB212.4040606@optonline.net>
References:  <454BB212.4040606@optonline.net>

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In the last episode (Nov 03), Jonathan Vomacka said:
> I have a quick question. I know these options are prevelent in Linux*
> Operating Systems. It's been a while since I used Freebsd. Last night
> I installed FreeBSD 6.1 (AMD64).
> 
> For certain reasons, I need the FreeBSD kernel to achieve 1000 Hertz.
> Most linux OS's default at 250 and in order to change it the kernel
> needs to be recompiled. Does this work the same way for FreeBSD 6.1?

Just edit /boot/loader.conf, add the line

 kern.hz="1000"

and reboot.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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