Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site redwood.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!rhino!redwood!rpw3 From: rpw3@redwood.UUCP (Rob Warnock) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Automatic Nice'ing of Processes Message-ID: <100@redwood.UUCP> Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 22:18:19 EST Article-I.D.: redwood.100 Posted: Fri Dec 21 22:18:19 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 24-Dec-84 03:03:29 EST References: <359@mddc.UUCP> <13500028@ea.UUCP> Organization: [Consultant], Foster City, CA Lines: 32 +--------------- | Bingo. I've started one of these beasts already, having been inspired by | the VMS "thumper" that does just that. I think the correct name for the | thing is "external scheduler", and consider it as a replacement for the | long-term half of the Unix scheduler (on the off chance that Unix actually | has a long-term scheduler). | | Should you have source (lucky devils), this approach is silly. You would | be better off rewriting the Unix scheduler. The daemon could be used to | testbed different versions of the scheduler under load, though. |