Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 10:15:52 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: kama <kama@pvp.se>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Subject: Re: cpu-timer rate Message-ID: <20051205181552.2D7AB5D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Dec 2005 06:49:10 CST." <20051205124910.GC90806@over-yonder.net>
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> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 06:49:10 -0600 > From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > > On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 09:42:08AM +0100 I heard the voice of > kama, and lo! it spake thus: > > > > I appreciate that you took time to answer about the different > > clocks. But that does not answer why vmstat -i shows a rate of 2000 > > when I have set the hz to 1000. > > Because the rate is always twice hz. While I will concede that I have no explanation, but on all of my systems rate = HZ +/-1. I have never seen a case where rate/2 = HZ. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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