From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 27 06:57:16 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 916A31065679; Thu, 27 May 2010 06:57:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mavbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9253B8FC1B; Thu, 27 May 2010 06:57:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm20 with SMTP id 20so186936fxm.13 for ; Wed, 26 May 2010 23:57:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Rpi5tFnTNs9YHTiaT07KYDNrx73kXxfDeokPdoHFOZw=; b=lJJu+wsZqOzFsd76AbIyOFSFBQncdATz7noDFEaJfX8a2a+Y7wHxpK7oBgAUPoY7GH OIqCHh4jAQCtZEySoVE0/6NANqis2SKeS2kVzo6DjidhaGfHUe8UwJKtimSRMl5NHUE0 +/ous8LKhNcoJ2nefB9TC5DBU67qHdZe6maNI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=hZEi1JIUN9gEEtzUFBVGelRdEgND0AaBuW9pNNT2jvh8tDesgx3n3iT5gWSFOQsuRq oI1KfIZlSlNZ8Z0Lrqt4IV1PkpcBfhcDaI6/W+lXnQDtJH8LGrDRhmIxydYhRDtEoHXM cQG+yJvOExTZPXqr1Mqip8lk5bjR/bXLQk6Oc= Received: by 10.223.77.86 with SMTP id f22mr8612974fak.49.1274943434244; Wed, 26 May 2010 23:57:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mavbook.mavhome.dp.ua (pc.mavhome.dp.ua [212.86.226.226]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 2sm4234449faf.15.2010.05.26.23.57.12 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 26 May 2010 23:57:13 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Alexander Motin Message-ID: <4BFE17AE.2080709@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 09:56:46 +0300 From: Alexander Motin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Neel Natu References: <201005270127.o4R1RPaT016558@svn.freebsd.org> <4BFDE4E3.4060300@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r208585 - head/sys/mips/mips X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 06:57:16 -0000 Neel Natu wrote: > However it is not immediately obvious why we prefer to run the > statistics timer at (or very close to) 128Hz. Any pointers? I haven't looked myself, but sources report that some legacy code depend on it: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2009-December/009731.html In any case it should not be equal to hz whenever possible. -- Alexander Motin