On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 10:40:25AM +0100, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm about to compile a new kernel and running oldconfig brings up this new > set > of options. There is no help available, grep-ping through the Documentation > wasn't particularly revealing and I haven't found anything in Google to help > me decide what I need/want out of the three: > =================================================== > > * CPU/Task time and stats accounting > * > Cputime accounting > 1. Simple tick based cputime accounting (TICK_CPU_ACCOUNTING) > > 2. Full dynticks CPU time accounting (VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN) (NEW) > 3. Fine granularity task level IRQ time accounting (IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING) > choice[1-3]: ? > > There is no help available for this option. > Prompt: Cputime accounting > Location: > -> General setup > -> CPU/Task time and stats accounting > Defined at init/Kconfig:297 > Selected by: m > =================================================== > > Option 2 seems to have been selected by default, but I am not sure if this is > right for a laptop. > > What have you chosen and why? > > -- > Regards, > Mick
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