CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE: Idle dynticks system (tickless idle)

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE:

• prompt: Idle dynticks system (tickless idle)
• type: bool
• depends on: (none)
• defined in kernel/time/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 3.10–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.8, 6.9-rc+HEAD

Help text

This option enables a tickless idle system: timer interrupts will only trigger on an as-needed basis when the system is idle. This is usually interesting for energy saving.

Most of the time you want to say Y here.

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