Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 20:46:26 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_param.c Message-ID: <20041107024626.GA41090@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <20041107000311.GA42221@xor.obsecurity.org> 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>
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[ -> 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"
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