option HZ=?

[Stefan Lambrev]

Greetings,

Dominic Fandrey wrote:
> cpghost wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 02:55:30PM +0200, Stefan Lambrev wrote:
>>     
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I want to know what is the bad effect of increasing HZ too much?
>>> And when is too much? What problems can I expect when HZ>2000?
>>> Can I change this value without pre-compiling the kernel?
>>>       
>> You can change HZ by adding a line to /boot/loader.conf like this:
>>
>> kern.hz="100"
>>     
>
> Is there a way to see which value is in effect?
>
> # sysctl kern.hz
> sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.hz'
>
>   
sysctl kern.clockrate will report this, and few other things.

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Best Wishes,
Stefan Lambrev
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