Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:23:01 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Chris Stenton <jacs@gnome.co.uk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: default HZ value in 5.2.1 Message-ID: <40EEC665.5010608@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <014701c465ce$4e6a8a90$037ba8c0@gnome.co.uk> References: <014701c465ce$4e6a8a90$037ba8c0@gnome.co.uk>
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Chris Stenton wrote: > Any reason why the default value for HZ is still set at 100? Sure. Timer interrupts and context switching aren't free, you know: the faster the HZ, the more time the system spends on overhead rather than doing useful work. > Would not 1000 be better for finer granularity? Certainly it would, but tradeoffs exist.... -- -Chuck
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