Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 10:26:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone interested in an "interesting" project idea? Message-ID: <199807011726.KAA10777@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <11704.899261964@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jun 30, 98 07:59:24 pm"
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Jordan K. Hubbard writes:
> typedef struct _pid_t { u_int hostid : 8; u_int pid : 24; } pid_t;
Hmm.. it may be worth reading, e.g., the papers from the Sprite
project (headed by John Osterhout) on their process migration system
where process would dynamically move from host to host to balance
out the load.
Bottom line: it was very complicated and messy.
What you're suggesting is not nearly as complicated (no migration
of processes) but is likely to touch many of the same issues...
and these are issues that others have confronted before.
"Those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it." :-)
-Archie
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