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Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:23:01 -0400
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: default HZ value in 5.2.1
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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