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@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ varies across kernel versions and hardware platforms.
On x86 the situation is as follows:
on kernels up to and including 2.4.x, HZ was 100,
giving a jiffy value of 0.01 seconds;
starting with with 2.6.0, HZ was raised to 1000, giving a jiffy of
starting with 2.6.0, HZ was raised to 1000, giving a jiffy of
0.001 seconds; since kernel 2.6.13, the HZ value is a kernel
configuration parameter and can be 100, 250 (the default) or 1000,
yielding a jiffies value of, respectively, 0.01, 0.004, or 0.001 seconds.