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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#
+# Timer Interrupt Frequency Configuration
+#
+
+choice
+ prompt "Timer frequency"
+ default HZ_250
+ help
+ Allows the configuration of the timer frequency. It is customary
+ to have the timer interrupt run at 1000 Hz but 100 Hz may be more
+ beneficial for servers and NUMA systems that do not need to have
+ a fast response for user interaction and that may experience bus
+ contention and cacheline bounces as a result of timer interrupts.
+ Note that the timer interrupt occurs on each processor in an SMP
+ environment leading to NR_CPUS * HZ number of timer interrupts
+ per second.
+
+
+ config HZ_100
+ bool "100 HZ"
+ help
+ 100 Hz is a typical choice for servers, SMP and NUMA systems
+ with lots of processors that may show reduced performance if
+ too many timer interrupts are occurring.
+
+ config HZ_250
+ bool "250 HZ"
+ help
+ 250 Hz is a good compromise choice allowing server performance
+ while also showing good interactive responsiveness even
+ on SMP and NUMA systems. If you are going to be using NTSC video
+ or multimedia, selected 300Hz instead.
+
+ config HZ_300
+ bool "300 HZ"
+ help
+ 300 Hz is a good compromise choice allowing server performance
+ while also showing good interactive responsiveness even
+ on SMP and NUMA systems and exactly dividing by both PAL and
+ NTSC frame rates for video and multimedia work.
+
+ config HZ_1000
+ bool "1000 HZ"
+ help
+ 1000 Hz is the preferred choice for desktop systems and other
+ systems requiring fast interactive responses to events.
+
+endchoice
+
+config HZ
+ int
+ default 100 if HZ_100
+ default 250 if HZ_250
+ default 300 if HZ_300
+ default 1000 if HZ_1000
+
+config SCHED_HRTICK
+ def_bool HIGH_RES_TIMERS