Re: kern.hz=100 stops high-pitched whine

2007-07-02 Thread cpghost
Chuck Swiger wrote: cpghost wrote: Are there any reasons NOT changing kern.hz from the default 1000 back to 100? With my typical mix of desktop apps (EPIA) and networking / server (Soekris), everything seems to be running just as smoothly with 100 Hz than with 1000 Hz (testing now for two weeks

Re: kern.hz=100 stops high-pitched whine

2007-07-02 Thread cpghost
Ian Smith wrote: On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:12:28 +0200 cpghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using fan-less Soekris (266 MHz) and EPIA (500 MHz) boards with -STABLE. Those boards have been emitting a very high pitched annoying whine, similar to a dog whistle. Not everyone I asked could hear

Re: kern.hz=100 stops high-pitched whine

2007-07-02 Thread Jack Stone
From: Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cpghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern.hz=100 stops high-pitched whine Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:46:19 -0400 cpghost wrote: Are there any reasons NOT changing kern.hz from the default 1000 back to 100

Re: kern.hz=100 stops high-pitched whine

2007-07-02 Thread Chuck Swiger
Jack Stone wrote: [ ... ] A while ago, I noticed someone's kernel config that included: hertz=2000 which made me wonder where this setting info comes from? I've been using hertz=1000 however, with my much faster boxes, is this appropriate now? It depends on what you are doing: it is most

Re: kern.hz=100 stops high-pitched whine

2007-07-02 Thread Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
On 7/2/07, Jack Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: cpghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern.hz=100 stops high-pitched whine Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:46:19 -0400 cpghost wrote: Are there any reasons NOT changing

kern.hz=100 stops high-pitched whine

2007-07-01 Thread cpghost
I'm using fan-less Soekris (266 MHz) and EPIA (500 MHz) boards with -STABLE. Those boards have been emitting a very high pitched annoying whine, similar to a dog whistle. Not everyone I asked could hear it, but I was, and it was driving me crazy for months. This whine stopped entirely the moment

Re: kern.hz=100 stops high-pitched whine

2007-07-01 Thread Chuck Swiger
cpghost wrote: Are there any reasons NOT changing kern.hz from the default 1000 back to 100? With my typical mix of desktop apps (EPIA) and networking / server (Soekris), everything seems to be running just as smoothly with 100 Hz than with 1000 Hz (testing now for two weeks without problems).

Re: kern.hz=100 stops high-pitched whine

2007-07-01 Thread Ian Smith
On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:12:28 +0200 cpghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm using fan-less Soekris (266 MHz) and EPIA (500 MHz) boards with -STABLE. Those boards have been emitting a very high pitched annoying whine, similar to a dog whistle. Not everyone I asked could hear it, but I was,