I change it regulary. I didn't experienced any problems - only lockups on slow systems which can't handle it. There should be no problem regarding the change. devik On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Alexey Talikov wrote: > I can't answer you completely ( this question for kernel maintainers ) :( > But as I know this value used for IRQ (see arch/i386/kernel/irq.c) > different kernel timers (arch/i386/kernel/time.c) for SMP (multiprocessor) > in APIC functions ASPI functions almost in all drivers even in PCI bus > and ATM subsystem and many many other > > I have no idea about after-effects of change HZ ! > I don't know about possibility to change this value only for traffic control functions ! > > I think change this value for Ix86 architecture not so simple ! > > If somebody have idea about this, share it with me ! > > 23.06.2002 14:39:59, bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl> wrote: > >Can you elaborate? I know of only the 'top' problem but most other things > >work well. > >If you raise HZ you will get more precise shaping and less bursty traffic. > >Regards, > >bert > >http://www.PowerDNS.com Versatile DNS Software & Services > >http://www.tk the dot in .tk > >http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO > ----------------------------------- > mailto:alexey_talikov@texlab.com.uz > BR > Alexey Talikov > FORTEK > ----------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl > http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/ > > _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
