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[Dave Remien]

In article <1991Feb11.074644.922 at ico.isc.com> rcd at ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
>While process scheduling is initiated by the clock() routine, and clock()
>is invoked every 1/HZ sec, scheduling isn't done on 0.01 sec boundaries;
>it's much less frequent.

Process scheduling is done whenever the currently running process either
blocks itself or reaches MAXSLICE clock-ticks, or a realtime process
(V.4) declares itself ready to run. MAXSLICE is usually set to 100
(i.e., process scheduling runs once a second) so that the maximum amount
of CPU time is devoted to user processes, or so says AT&T. 


>-- 
>Dick Dunn     rcd at ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd       Boulder, CO   (303)449-2870
>   ...But is it art?


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