Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 03:24:03 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Timer setting in FreeBSD Message-ID: <1258079440.20050311032403@wanadoo.fr>
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I was reading that recent versions of Linux have increased the base timer rate (for scheduling and other purposes) from 100 Hz to 1000 Hz. I note that FreeBSD apparently will increase this in the same way in 6.x. Is there a way to adjust this value (by configuration, modifying source, sysctl, etc.)? Can it be done on a running system? If it can be changed, are there any significant reasons for adjusting it, and what are the pros and cons? Having 1000 interrupts per second just to keep track of the time seems excessive to me in most configurations. Does anyone know how long this interrupt takes to service under FreeBSD with specific processors? -- Anthony
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