HZ value changed from 250 to 1000 in the latest updated kernel

[Dave Jones]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 04:31:42PM +0100, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
 > On Sun, 2006-11-19 at 21:03 -0600, Callum Lerwick wrote:
 > > On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 18:44 +0300, Dmitry Butskoy wrote:
 > > > The latest updated kernel has another HZ value (1000 instead of 250), 
 > > > according to:
 > > > 
 > > > > * Thu Nov 9 2006 Dave Jones
 > > > > - Change HZ to 1000 for increased accuracy.
 > > > > (Except in Xen, where it stays at 250 for now).
 > > 
 > > Woohoo, Rosegarden (which I maintain in Extras) doesn't bitch anymore!
 > 
 > Could it be this change also had an impact on ntpd?
 > 
 > At least, since this change I am facing severe problems with my ntp
 > setup (ntp clients are drifting away and have problems to sync).
 > 
 > Or is this just a random coincidence?

A coincidence I hope.  I'm not sure how increased timing resolution could
cause the drifting effects you've observed.  I've also not noticed
any other similar reports (yet?).

		Dave

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