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>