On 28/11/2010, at 7:18pm, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 11/28/2010 07:39 PM, walt wrote: >> >> >> I'm confused about which of all these various mechanisms apply to >> single-cpu >> machines. AFAICT Con's BFS (e.g.) is really a CPU scheduler and doesn't >> affect >> single-cpu machines very much. > > The scheduler affects every system. Single-CPU systems also need to schedule > processes. > > Anyway, did the ck kernel help in some way with your problem?
I was the OP, not walt. I will give this my full attention tomorrow, taking time to re-read all posts and google. It might be a couple of days before I try CK's sources, to be honest. Compilation takes a couple of hours on this system, and I just know that I'm going to have to give it a little attention. Stroller.