Re: Interrupt frequency

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Sahan Sanjeewa wrote:

> Thanx Rokicki, Andrew and  jdebert
>
> If I change the HZ value from 100 to 1000 can I get more precision ?
>
> What are the things affected ? (I know one thing the 'uptime' is
> affected since it keeps time in jiffies)
>
> Thanks again
>
> Sahan
>

Sehan,

...dusting the cobwebs off, I can't seem to recall the definition of a
jiffie... Please remind: How long's that? (In a distant past I used to
inhabit called Digital Equipment Corp, I recall that VMS kept time in
jiffies, too.)

Tnx,
RT

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