From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 16:40:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84ED216A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:40:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B80E243D2F for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 16:40:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (knwluz@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j18GeGOs092780 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 17:40:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j18GeGGo092779; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 17:40:16 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 17:40:16 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200502081640.j18GeGGo092779@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.5.4-20000523 ("1959") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-RELEASE (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: ULE status X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:40:18 -0000 Mipam wrote: > Thanks for all comments on this topic. > A good point was made upon the fact that there were always options > available that weren't stable in X-stable. > The docs contained appropriate warnings about it you mentioned. I guess you're referring to my comment. > Cool, I wish to read the docs on ULE and possible > warnings about using ULE, where can i find it? So far, the ULE scheduler has not been part of any stable FreeBSD release, so it's not completely surprising that there isn't much documentation to be found. (I think it's not even mentioned in NOTES.) If you're looking for a generic description of URL and all the technical details, have a look at this paper: http://www.usenix.org/publications/library/proceedings/bsdcon03/tech/roberson.html Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co KG, Oettingenstr. 2, 80538 München Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself -- and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure." -- Eric Allman