On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 15:20 -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: > Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi wrote: > > > In linux 2.6.9 kernel (vanilla) > > I got better response time by increasing HZ value: > > > Is it harmless if I increase HZ value some more?? > > Increasing HZ means your CPU spends more time handling the > timer interrupt, and has less time to run programs. On a > laptop, it also means lower battery life. actually the battery life thing is mostly (entirely) a myth. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
