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From: "Craig Reyenga" <craig@bluemidnight.ca>
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I am using v 1.121 of sched_ule.c; I will try 1.125 from HEAD soon.

-Craig

From: "Justin Settle" <quaggamail@quaggaspace.org>
> On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 21:01, Craig Reyenga wrote:
> > When I run N instances of "yes > /dev/null" on my 5.3-BETA3 box
(actually I
> > cvsupped to RELENG_5 about a day after) I see a load average of ~N+1.
When
> > the system is idle, it's 0, as it ought to be.
> >
> > More info upon request.
> >
> > -Craig
> >
> > More info:
> > ULE scheduler, UP box.
> >
> Running the same tests, I get a load average that slowly creeps up to N
> and holds there.  This is using the 4BSD scheduler however, on a UP
> box.
>
[snip]