Re: [RFC] Multiprocessor Control Interfaces

Tim Hockin
2001-12-11T18:45:21Z

Jason Baietto wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 20:38, Tim Hockin wrote:
> >
> > http://www.hockin.org/~thockin/pset. Not finished, but could be.
>
> Yes, many similarities. I like the idea of having a single system
> call that provides so much multiprocessor control and information.
> If such a system call was ever standardized upon, I would gladly
> support it in my "run" tool, though I fear that it would always be
> functionally limited without /proc present.

Adding /proc/ interfaces like cpus_allowed or similar is just gravy on top
of pset, which I think is a good interface.

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Tim Hockin
Systems Software Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Server Appliances
thockin@sun.com