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author | Dan McDonald <danmcd@joyent.com> | 2020-09-22 10:39:49 -0400 |
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committer | Dan McDonald <danmcd@joyent.com> | 2020-09-22 10:39:49 -0400 |
commit | 267e12a7d9bf6e5fcefb9cc00f46bfff0dc5226e (patch) | |
tree | 19a3941920d0039c35d53a5cbee189b5ca51995a /usr/src/man/man4/rt_dptbl.4 | |
parent | 517abc5c668925e6092495bf332233c3599980d2 (diff) | |
parent | e9faba760cdf80d7dfa110fe0830917ab94668c2 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into vpcvpc
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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man4/rt_dptbl.4 b/usr/src/man/man4/rt_dptbl.4 index b24b3d72f4..bace4ec80b 100644 --- a/usr/src/man/man4/rt_dptbl.4 +++ b/usr/src/man/man4/rt_dptbl.4 @@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ .SH NAME rt_dptbl \- real-time dispatcher parameter table .SH DESCRIPTION -.sp -.LP The process scheduler (or dispatcher) is the portion of the kernel that controls allocation of the \fBCPU\fR to processes. The scheduler supports the notion of scheduling classes where each class defines a scheduling policy, used @@ -59,9 +57,11 @@ processes at a particular level as the time quantum of a real-time process can be changed by the user with the \fBpriocntl\fR command or the \fBpriocntl\fR system call. .sp -In the high resolution clock mode (\fBhires_tick\fR set to \fB1\fR), the value -of \fBhz\fR is set to \fB1000\fR. Increase quantums to maintain the same -absolute time quantums. +In the default high resolution clock mode (\fBhires_tick\fR set to \fB1\fR), +the value of \fBhz\fR is set to \fB1000\fR. If this value is overridden to +\fB0\fR then \fBhz\fR will instead be \fB100\fR; the number of ticks per +quantum must then be decreased to maintain the same length of quantum in +absolute time. .RE .sp @@ -71,8 +71,6 @@ scheduler by reconfiguring the \fBrt_dptbl\fR. There are two methods available for doing this: reconfigure with a loadable module at boot-time or by using \fBdispadmin\fR(1M) at run-time. .SS "rt_dptbl Loadable Module" -.sp -.LP The \fBrt_dptbl\fR can be reconfigured with a loadable module which contains a new real time dispatch table. The module containing the dispatch table is separate from the RT loadable module which contains the rest of the real time @@ -81,8 +79,6 @@ time priority levels or the set of global scheduling priorities used by the real time class. The relevant procedure and source code is described in the Examples section. .SS "dispadmin Configuration File" -.sp -.LP The \fBrt_quantum\fR values in the \fBrt_dptbl\fR can be examined and modified on a running system using the \fBdispadmin\fR(1M) command. Invoking \fBdispadmin\fR for the real-time class allows the administrator to retrieve @@ -120,7 +116,6 @@ level. Each \fBrt_quantum\fR entry must be either a positive integer specifying the desired time quantum (in the resolution given by \fIres\fR), or the value -2 indicating an infinite time quantum for that level. .SH EXAMPLES -.LP \fBExample 1 \fRA Sample \fBdispadmin\fR Configuration File .sp .LP @@ -341,8 +336,6 @@ rtdpent_t config_rt_dptbl[] = { .in -2 .SH SEE ALSO -.sp -.LP \fBpriocntl\fR(1), \fBdispadmin\fR(1M), \fBpriocntl\fR(2), \fBsystem\fR(4) .sp .LP |