Do the Mandrake kernels need that patch too in order to be able to use that Hz thing, or is it included in the default kernel sources? If it needs the patch, is there a Mandrake specific patch for kernel-2.4.21 or can we use the patch in the link you posted without further troubles?
Best regards, Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 7:24 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Re: New 2.4.21 Variable HZ question. > I found this page that gives pretty good explanations of the subject. Makes me > want to recompile and try 1000Hz. I did a google search for "variable Hz > redhat" and it listed a few other good pages. > > http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=464 > > Robert > > On Saturday 28 June 2003 00:31, Joeb wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 16:51:28 -0400 > > Robert Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > I'd really > > > be interested in learning about RedHat's thinking on this subject- can > > > you point us to where you learned about this? I'm all for doing anything > > > to increase performance. > > > > That's my problem, I can't remember where I found it on the web! I know it > > was back during the 8.0 days of Mandrake. I recall a post, that I thought > > was on one of the Mandrake lists, but I sure can't find it. The post > > pointed to an article about increasing the HZ size and how it improved > > response times for desktop users. It also stated that Redhat was doing > > this with their kernels, which is why their i386 seemed so snappy compared > > to Mandrake and Suse. The downside was something about timings being off > > for some tools because the items in /proc weren't aware that the HZ had > > been changed. It was my understanding with Redhat 9, they continued this > > practice of changing the HZ but also modified the tools that calculate the > > various things in /proc. > > > > I'm sorry I don't have more information, but I have long since given up > > finding the original article. It seems Google wants to return 50,000+ hits > > everytime I try and after a few hundred, I give up. > > > > If I ever find my hard copy, I'll type it back in to the list. > > > > Joeb > > > > p.s. It's also my understanding that the 2.5/2.6 kernel has increased this > > setting. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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