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Re: Re: Atari machines running Debian?



On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Petr Stehlik wrote:
> Wow... I just realized that kernel 2.6.x does no longer use 100 Hz
> system timer. It uses either 1000 Hz or 250 Hz. Or is it ia32 only?

Depends on the platform:

include/asm-m68k/param.h:# define HZ            100             /* Internal kernel timer frequency */

No, we don't want to switch to 1000 (except maybe for fast ColdFire :-)
Hmm, tickless would be even nicer...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
							    -- Linus Torvalds



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