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| author | Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> | 2006-12-07 16:35:17 -0500 |
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| committer | Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> | 2006-12-07 16:35:17 -0500 |
| commit | 21b4e736922f546e0f1aa7b9d6c442f309a2444a (patch) | |
| tree | e1be8645297f8ebe87445251743ebcc52081a20d /kernel/Kconfig.hz | |
| parent | 34161db6b14d984fb9b06c735b7b42f8803f6851 (diff) | |
| parent | 68380b581383c028830f79ec2670f4a193854aa6 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of /home/trondmy/kernel/linux-2.6/ into merge_linus
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diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.hz b/kernel/Kconfig.hz index 248e1c396f8..4af15802ccd 100644 --- a/kernel/Kconfig.hz +++ b/kernel/Kconfig.hz @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ choice default HZ_250 help Allows the configuration of the timer frequency. It is customary - to have the timer interrupt run at 1000 HZ but 100 HZ may be more + to have the timer interrupt run at 1000 Hz but 100 Hz may be more beneficial for servers and NUMA systems that do not need to have a fast response for user interaction and that may experience bus contention and cacheline bounces as a result of timer interrupts. @@ -19,21 +19,30 @@ choice config HZ_100 bool "100 HZ" help - 100 HZ is a typical choice for servers, SMP and NUMA systems + 100 Hz is a typical choice for servers, SMP and NUMA systems with lots of processors that may show reduced performance if too many timer interrupts are occurring. config HZ_250 bool "250 HZ" help - 250 HZ is a good compromise choice allowing server performance + 250 Hz is a good compromise choice allowing server performance while also showing good interactive responsiveness even - on SMP and NUMA systems. + on SMP and NUMA systems. If you are going to be using NTSC video + or multimedia, selected 300Hz instead. + + config HZ_300 + bool "300 HZ" + help + 300 Hz is a good compromise choice allowing server performance + while also showing good interactive responsiveness even + on SMP and NUMA systems and exactly dividing by both PAL and + NTSC frame rates for video and multimedia work. config HZ_1000 bool "1000 HZ" help - 1000 HZ is the preferred choice for desktop systems and other + 1000 Hz is the preferred choice for desktop systems and other systems requiring fast interactive responses to events. endchoice @@ -42,5 +51,6 @@ config HZ int default 100 if HZ_100 default 250 if HZ_250 + default 300 if HZ_300 default 1000 if HZ_1000 |