Even though you meant to send this off list, would you mind posting the response (or even the thread)? I'm very interested in this as it is my understanding that it is one of main ways that Redhat uses to increase performance for desktop use.
Joeb On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:32:48 -0400 Robert Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry- this was meant to be sent to directly Con Kolivas- Apparently, I messed > up and it somehow appeared on the expert list, addressed to myself- still > can't figure that one out. > > Robert C. > > > On Thursday 26 June 2003 19:51, you wrote: > > Con, > > Tried the new june23 full patch, but couldn't get past make modules. I then > > edited my .config file some, and did the base patch, plus the performance > > patches, and supermount, all individually, and that worked out great. Must > > have been some conflict caused by the old .config. > > > > Anyway, my question is about setting the Variable Hz- do you mean when I do > > xconfig, I should change the setting in General setup to a higher value, > > and see if performance is improved? Here's my present value, that > > apparently is the default. Or, is that what we're even talking about? I'm > > not sure I understand this, due to lack of knowledge. > > > > # General setup > > # > > CONFIG_HZ=200 > > > > On your webpage I read: > > > > Is 1000Hz more overhead than 100Hz? Yes definitely, but not a great deal. > > If you change the Hz, use a multiple of 100. There really is no point going > > above 1000 Hz. > > > > I assume this means that if I'm correct and you are referring to that line > > in xconfig, I can experiment. Am I also correct in that I need your patch > > in order to experiment with this value? Or, am I totally misunderstanding > > all of the above, and the ck3 patches already set some other value to > > 1000Mhz that I'm confusing with the line in the kernel .config file? > > > > Thanks for the great patches- I'm now using 2.4.21 with CK patches > > exclusively on MDK 9.1- nothing works better for my desktop box. > > > > Best regards, > > Robert Crawford > > >
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