Commit b5d23e5b authored Jun 23, 2005 by Christoph Lameter Committed by Linus Torvalds Jun 23, 2005

[PATCH] ia64: Selectable Timer Interrupt Frequency



It allows a selectable timer interrupt frequency of 100, 250 and 1000 HZ.
Reducing the timer frequency may have important performance benefits on
large systems.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

parent 59121003

arch/ia64/Kconfig

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		@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ config IA64_PAGE_SIZE_64KB

		endchoice

		source kernel/Kconfig.hz

		config IA64_BRL_EMU
		bool
		depends on ITANIUM

include/asm-ia64/param.h

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		@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
		*/
		# define HZ 32
		# else
		# define HZ 1024
		# define HZ CONFIG_HZ
		# endif
		# define USER_HZ HZ
		# define CLOCKS_PER_SEC HZ /* frequency at which times() counts */