Hi... On Jan 22, 2008 3:37 AM, Christian Boon <chris.boon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am i doing something wrong here? Is this value converted to some sort of > userspace HZ? > I have tried it on x86 also and it gives the same behaviour. Do you mind for a bit hackish way? If no, then you may check my blog entry --> http://the-hydra.blogspot.com/2007/07/observing-kernel-variables-content-with.html (credits to Robert PJ day). And, pay attention to /proc/interrupts too, especially "timer" irq and LOC. LOC, IIRC, represents timer ticks sent by local APIC. BTW, no_hz can change the situation, so you may need to disable that first. regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ