Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 21:12:03 -0700 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: alpha scheduling needs some tuning Message-ID: <199910130412.VAA19287@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999 23:37:53 -0400 (EDT)
Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> wrote:
> Has anybody noticed that scheduling appears to be broken on the alpha?
>
> On both i386 & alpha, try:
>
> echo "main(){for(;;);}" > foo.c
> cc foo.c
> /usr/bin/nice -20 ./a.out & ; ./a.out &
FWIW, Ross Harvey fixed a whole slew of scheduler bugs in NetBSD that
tickled themselves on the Alpha (due to it's high statclock rate).
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
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