cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_param.c

[Wilko Bulte]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 06:50:33PM +0000, Paul Richards wrote..
> On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 04:03:12PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 03:50:06PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
> > 
> > > I was traveling out of the country so I didn't get a chance to comment. 
> > >  The two caveats I'm aware of is a slight loss in processes that are 
> > > CPU bound and an audio hum from ACPI CPU idling.  The latter is rather 
> > > interesting actually.  At hz=100, it's just a quiet low buzz but at 
> > > 1000, it is readily audible on many laptops and annoying.  Windows uses 
> > > hz=1000 too and has the same problem.  I believe it's related to the 
> > > capacitors and other devices charging/discharging when clocks are stopped.
> > 
> > Can we play music by modulating the value of hz? :)
> 
> I remember some code for the Commodore Pets that you could use to play
> notes on a nearby radio by tweaking some spinning loops. Quite a neat
> trick at the time since there wasn't any sound hardware.

Yeah.. the FCC's finest hour :)

-- 
Wilko Bulte				wilko at FreeBSD.org
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