"Another point against using a high default HZ value is laptops whose power electronics make noise when the CPU transitions from halt to running. Power management has to be completely disabled on these machines in order to run with a high HZ value and no noise." from http://kerneltrap.org/node/5430
You will have to recompile the kernel to change the default frequency. It would be nice if this had been a kernel parameter that we could tweak. -- Thinkpad T60 high pitch noise Ubuntu 8.10 under no load https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309493 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
