HZ=1000 on slow CPUs considered harmful?

[cpghost at cordula.ws]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 07:56:03PM +0000, Robert Watson wrote:
> In 6-CURRENT, HZ is 1000 for amd64, i386, and ia64, but 100 for other
> platforms (i.e., ppc, arm, and alpha).  I'm not opposed to merging the HZ
> change to RELENG_5 at some point, but given that occasional nits, such as
> the TCP nit, are turning up, I think it's worth waiting until after 5.4.

Wouldn't that be a problem for slow CPUs like VIA C3 (EPIA) or GEODE
(Soekris)? For fast CPUs, it's not that much overhead, but for slow
CPUs?

Can HZ remain user-configurable?
 
> Robert N M Watson

Thanks,
-cpghost.

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