Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:06:20 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Alan Cox <alc@cs.rice.edu>, "Josep Maria M. Blanquer" <blanquer@cs.ucsb.edu>, freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions Message-ID: <19990813120620.3E5A51C1E@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 13 Aug 1999 18:55:16 %2B0800." <19990813105516.B09681C1E@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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Peter Wemm wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 11, 1999 at 08:01:14AM -0700, Josep Maria M. Blanquer wrote: > > > ... > > > > > > 2- The other question is the use of lastcpu field on proc structure: > > > I've seen that the field is being updated on cpu_switch() but > > > I couldn't find any place where the field is being used. Is this > > > a pending work? I mean there is or has been any work on SMP > > > specific scheduling? I mean, process balancing, local/global queues > > > and so on? > > > > > > > Try asking John Dyson (dyson@iquest.net). I think he has > > experimented with some limited forms of affinity scheduling. > > I've done this BTW and have it currently running. [..] This is what John > did, but I rewrote setrunqueue, remrq in C and moved the process selection > out of i386/swtch.s and into C. [..] I forgot to mention.. Mike Smith is the culprit who gave me the idea. It's all his fault. :-) Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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