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Old 05-26-2005, 09:00 PM   #1
drminix
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Difference between HZ in linux/param.h and CPU clock cycle.


Hi.

I was wondering what the difference is between HZ (the number of interrupts generated per second by timing hardware) and clock cycles in CPU.

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