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authorWarner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>2021-06-18 17:53:27 +0000
committerWarner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>2021-06-19 14:56:58 +0000
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NOTES: Improve wording
jhb@ pointed out an extra plural in this phrase and a gramatical error, so reword a little to be less awkward to fix both issues. Sponsored by: Netflix
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@@ -1237,10 +1237,9 @@ options CAPABILITY_MODE # sandboxes with no global namespace access
# CLOCK OPTIONS
# The granularity of operation is controlled by the kernel option HZ (default
-# 1000 or 1ms). Virtual machines guests default to an HZ value of 100. Lower
-# values produce less overhead at the expense of reduced accuracy in delivery of
-# kernel timeouts. With the adaptive tick code, lower values produce less
-# benefit than in the past.
+# frequency of 1000 Hz or a period 1ms between calls). Virtual machine guests
+# use a value of 100. Lower values may lower overhead at the expense of accuracy
+# of scheduling, though the adaptive tick code reduces that overhead.
options HZ=100