From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 8 17:14:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ACA1106568F for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:14:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tummala.ushasri@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC5998FC0A for ; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:14:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tummala.ushasri@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so567521uge.39 for ; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:14:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=sbh9TECj36248orYAUDBVhLmwtUn1l6p3APE6WXSQE4=; b=FCBzX1gj3ZdOGYIRZDhSuD07x9awqK/L3fXCptghMd85wxrdmwQ2KmF5syDA43S0Hf q30hnT3IyfEtya4LADEdJ092+3RNvQuh32u/kh7Mpa0d7R1QTAPdoafgyR7T2R5tpCIu 09sNnEQI0dqCLWwHmH8elPYIUcwuXq21a9JBU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=GhFib+6KZJSqJZPF0C4DfGvpVEWalW8+yeMY+vtUK3fzBOmXQvC425Z3xrlYtdoNjU oJTcIG2npjQm4d72kGrmBw/2NAkAVFDMaCAc5etMP1XcFYuQl6Hp2gg11/Vj0ImtRQKm zL+TvnzAkKS2Ds+SL0y+6vRtHB3u8a7S/MzAw= Received: by 10.86.1.11 with SMTP id 11mr7805090fga.27.1223486085438; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:14:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.27.18 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Oct 2008 10:14:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53fa490b0810081014k7c6c3ddfs8f43526da72d881@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:14:45 -0400 From: "ushasri tummala" To: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=" , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <86ljwzqblx.fsf@ds4.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <53fa490b0810071947j23fc0f72n5360b6f174ddc96d@mail.gmail.com> <86ljwzqblx.fsf@ds4.des.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: What is the time between 2 mi_switches in freebsd. X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:14:50 -0000 Thank You Des for your reply. I am using Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating Systems. I just want to know how its(time between 2 mi_switch()) calculated and in which variable is it stored in the code.(FreeBSD 5.2 release) This is not addressed in text book. Thank You, Usha. On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > "ushasri tummala" writes: > > What is the time between 2 mi_switches in freebsd? > > "it depends" > > I recommend _The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating > Systems_ (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0201702452) or any good textbook on > operating system design (e.g. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0136006639) > > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no >