Another way to turn off the timer is:

echo "0" >/proc/sys/kernel/hz_timer

in boot.local.

On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 10:31, Kevin Ellsperman wrote:
> Maybe I've been working under a misperception.  I always thought that the
> k_timer patch from SLES 7 was incorporated into SLES 8.  If I am reading
> the listserv correctly, the patch is in SLES8 but not turned on?  I've
> searched the web for any information I can about this and have turned up
> nil.  I did find a page at IBM in the developerworks area talking about
> some perfermance tools that mentions turning the mh_timer in
> /proc/sys/kernel  on and off via sysctl -w kernel.hz_timer=0.  Has anybody
> seen any documentation on the time patch for SLES 8?     TIA!
>
> Kevin Ellsperman
> Payless ShoeSource, Inc.
> 785-559-6326
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