On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 01:29 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > I'm pretty sure at least one distro will go with HZ<300 real soon now > > > ;-). > > > > > > > Any idea what their official recommendation for people running apps that > > require the 1ms sleep resolution is? Something along the lines of "Get > > bent"? > > So you busy wait for 1msec, big deal.
Which requires changing all those apps. I thought we tried not to break userspace with minor kernel version upgrades. > Some machines can't even keep time properly with HZ=1000. If your workaround for broken hardware involves screwing over people with good hardware, it might be the wrong workaround. > Official recommendation is likely "help us > with CONFIG_NO_IDLE_HZ" or "get over it". IOW, "if you don't like it, get another distro, or compile your own kernel". Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
