From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 7 02:46:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9968116A4CE for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 02:46:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mortis.over-yonder.net (adsl-222-79-156.jan.bellsouth.net [68.222.79.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D022643D1F for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 02:46:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: by mortis.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 9D50E20FA9; Sat, 6 Nov 2004 20:46:26 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 20:46:26 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20041107024626.GA41090@over-yonder.net> References: <200411061133.iA6BXhHT086940@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041106163748.GB38881@ip.net.ua> <200411061859.56624.max@love2party.net> <418D632E.2020402@root.org> <20041107000311.GA42221@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041107000311.GA42221@xor.obsecurity.org> X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i-fullermd.2 cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_param.c X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 02:46:28 -0000 [ -> chat@ ] On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 04:03:12PM -0800 I heard the voice of Kris Kennaway, and lo! it spake thus: > On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 03:50:06PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote: > > > I was traveling out of the country so I didn't get a chance to comment. > > The two caveats I'm aware of is a slight loss in processes that are > > CPU bound and an audio hum from ACPI CPU idling. The latter is rather > > interesting actually. At hz=100, it's just a quiet low buzz but at > > 1000, it is readily audible on many laptops and annoying. Windows uses > > hz=1000 too and has the same problem. I believe it's related to the > > capacitors and other devices charging/discharging when clocks are stopped. > > Can we play music by modulating the value of hz? :) Obviously, you're looking at it backward. What we REALLY want to do is modulate the value of hz by playing music. 8-} -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"