I have noticed issues with HZ=1000 on a celeron 2ghz and a AMD64 3.2ghz, both caused problems with glftpd app and I had to recompile kernel back to default HZ=100 to fix, I have also noticed HZ=1000 add latency on my celeron box.
Chris On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:00:09 -0800, Kevin Oberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:48:21 +0100 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 07:56:03PM +0000, Robert Watson wrote: > > > In 6-CURRENT, HZ is 1000 for amd64, i386, and ia64, but 100 for other > > > platforms (i.e., ppc, arm, and alpha). I'm not opposed to merging the HZ > > > change to RELENG_5 at some point, but given that occasional nits, such as > > > the TCP nit, are turning up, I think it's worth waiting until after 5.4. > > > > Wouldn't that be a problem for slow CPUs like VIA C3 (EPIA) or GEODE > > (Soekris)? For fast CPUs, it's not that much overhead, but for slow > > CPUs? > > > > Can HZ remain user-configurable? > > > > > Robert N M Watson > > > > Thanks, > > -cpghost. > > > > -- > > Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ > > > > As far as I know, no one is talking about removing the knob. I believe > the issue is the default value changing from 100 to 1000. There are many > boxes that would not be very happy with 1000. I'm sure that there are > many 75 MHz Pentiums and 66 MHz 486s still running FreeBSD and even running > V5. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
