how to change kernel Timer frequency

James Wilkinson fedora at aprilcottage.co.uk
Tue Dec 5 00:36:11 UTC 2006


ram wrote:
> iam using FC5
> I have question here is how to check kernel Timer frequency
> in running PC

I suggested:
> Well, if it's running a Fedora kernel,
> grep CONFIG_HZ /boot/config-$(uname -r)
> will tell you.

Mike McCarty wrote:
> Hmm. I run FC2, and that produced nothing.
> I tried CONFIG_HERTZ and other variations,
> but couldn't find anything.

Yes, that's because you're running FC2. The latest kernel release at
Fedora Legacy for FC2 is 2.6.10. FC5 came with 2.6.15.

Config_HZ was added to the 2.6.13 kernel.

Hope this helps,

James.

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