How to check HZ in the terminal?

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Hao Shen picture Hao Shen · Sep 18, 2012 · Viewed 31.4k times · Source

I have seen this http://kaasxxx.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/linux-hz-checker/ But the script seems not to work. Does anyway know an easy way to check "HZ" in the terminal in Linux?

Answer

Andy Ross picture Andy Ross · Sep 18, 2012

There's no uniform answer to this questions, as in some cases your kernel may be compiled "tickless" and not use a regular timer interrupt at all. But if you're on a traditional kernel and a traditional distro, you can find the current kernel's .config file under /boot with something like grep 'CONFIG_HZ=' /boot/config-$(uname -r).

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