[CentOS] A special kernel for linux as guest os

Fri Sep 21 13:03:28 UTC 2007
Scott McClanahan <scott.mcclanahan at trnswrks.com>

On Thu, 2007-09-20 at 15:46 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On 9/20/07, Yuji Tsuchimoto <nox at sea-mew.jp> wrote:
> > Dear Yagi-san,
> >
> > > I heard from the horse's mouth that the CentOS team is working on the
> > > 100Hz centosplus kernel. I think your request triggered the action :-)
> > >  They want make people happy.
> > That sounds nice!
> > This TIPS, CONFIG_HZ=100, is one of FAQs. It will make most of us happy.
> >
> > Now we can get kernel-vm package on dev.centos.org.
> > Is it a test release of the special kernel?
> > I installed the kernel-vm. Its change-log shows HZ=100.
> > And the kernel seems better for clock interval on VMWare.
> > Thanks a lot.
> > Yuji
> 
> Tsuchimoto-san,
> 
> Yes, they are in testing.  Some of us have been running the 100HZ
> kernel for more than 2 months and have not seen any problem so far.
> If you wish to know more details about the development of the
> virtualization-optimized kernel, please take a look at:
> 
> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2189
> 
> And feel free to add any comments you have on that report.
> 
> Akemi
> _______________________________________________

Will the only deviation from the base/updates kernels be the decreased
number of timer interrupts?  Thanks.