[PATCH] ia64: Selectable Timer Interrupt Frequency

It allows a selectable timer interrupt frequency of 100, 250 and 1000 HZ.
Reducing the timer frequency may have important performance benefits on
large systems.
Signed-off-by: NChristoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

arch/ia64/Kconfig

@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ config IA64_PAGE_SIZE_64KB
 
 endchoice
 
+source kernel/Kconfig.hz
+
 config IA64_BRL_EMU
 	bool
 	depends on ITANIUM

include/asm-ia64/param.h

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
    */
 #  define HZ	  32
 # else
-#  define HZ	1024
+#  define HZ	CONFIG_HZ
 # endif
 # define USER_HZ	HZ
 # define CLOCKS_PER_SEC	HZ	/* frequency at which times() counts */