9 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-smpRe: async call gates| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Alfred Perlstein | Jun 30, 1999 8:47 am | |
| Peter Wemm | Jun 30, 1999 9:04 am | |
| Terry Lambert | Jun 30, 1999 6:00 pm | |
| Matthew Dillon | Jun 30, 1999 6:54 pm | |
| Tim Vanderhoek | Jun 30, 1999 6:56 pm | |
| Matthew Dillon | Jun 30, 1999 7:18 pm | |
| John Milford | Jun 30, 1999 10:26 pm | |
| Tim Tsai | Jul 1, 1999 12:02 am | |
| Terry Lambert | Jul 1, 1999 11:26 am |
| Subject: | Re: async call gates | |
|---|---|---|
| From: | Terry Lambert (tlam...@primenet.com) | |
| Date: | Jul 1, 1999 11:26:48 am | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-smp | |
On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 01:00:36AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote:
2) We can implement on top of the asynchronous (non-blocking) [...] Rather than giving up our quantum, however, we change to another set of registers, another program counter, and
Is this the famous "It's my damn quantum" debate?
Yes.
With appologies to the USMC:
The Creed of the UNIX Process
This is my quantum. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My quantum is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I master my life. My quantum, without me is useless. Without my quantum, I am useless. I must utilize my quantum true. I must preempt more frequently than the other processes on the system who are trying to starve me. I must preeempt them before they preempt me. I will...
My quantum and my address space know that what counts in execution is not the number of system calls we make, the count of our instructions, nor the context switches we are involved in. We know that it is the elapsed wall time to completion. We will complete...
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Terry Lambert ter...@lambert.org
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