On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 06:31:21PM +0200, Florian Schmidt wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:49:11 -0400 > Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <rzewnickie@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Correct, it's not an issue for apps driven by hardware interrupts like > > > JACK, because the sound card consumes data at a constant rate. But for > > > MIDI or video where you have to periodically push data to the device it > > > matters. > > What is driving the kernel-devs to regress on this issue? > Well, i suppose it's a tradeoff between throughput and responsiveness. > Larger timeslices increase system throughput (less time is spent in the > scheduler) while smaller timeslices increase responsiveness. I expected something like this. But, I guess my question was more, who is complaining about HZ=1024? To which I guess the answer would be everyone who is more concerned about throughput than latency. Though, somehow I think that everyone needs a good balance between the two. -- Eric Dantan Rzewnicki | Systems Administrator Technical Operations Division | Radio Free Asia 2025 M Street, NW | Washington, DC 20036 | 202-530-4900 CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized dissemination, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact network@xxxxxxxx
