[gentoo-user] What exactly is kernel timer frequency?

2006-05-07 Thread Jure Varlec
What exactly does 'Timer frequency' (under 'Processor type and features') do? Which timer does it control? I'm asking because it seems to have interesting effects. I used to have it set to 1KHz. Yesterday, I tried setting it to 100Hz just to see what effects it would have. I didn't notice any

Re: [gentoo-user] What exactly is kernel timer frequency?

2006-05-07 Thread stupendoussteve
On Sun, 7 May 2006, Jure Varlec wrote: What exactly does 'Timer frequency' (under 'Processor type and features') do? Which timer does it control? I'm asking because it seems to have interesting effects. I used to have it set to 1KHz. Yesterday, I tried setting it to 100Hz just to see what

Re: [gentoo-user] What exactly is kernel timer frequency?

2006-05-07 Thread Jure Varlec
On Sunday 07 May 2006 21:47, Jure Varlec wrote: So now I mostly understand what this does. But the way the clock acts still seems funny. Where could that jump come from? 100Hz seems too high for that, unless I'm missing something. I played with it some more. Only with superkaramba for now, as