* Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-08-23 11:45:11 -0400]: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 05:08:49PM +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > I have an AMD64 dual-core cpu running debian-amd64. Now I have heard, that > > it > > might be possible, to run applications on different cpus. One app is > > running > > on cpu1 , the other on cpu2 at the same time. Or just using only one of the > > two cpu-cores. Is that right ??? > > > > (I know, that in M$-Windows this is possible.) > > > > I always thought, the kernel is scheduling the processes without the > > possibility to change this by users. If I am wrong, how can I manage it ? > > I imagine it is possible to lock a task to a specific CPU although > unless you are running some server with a very specialized task, you > probably don't have any good reason to. The scheduler does a great job > in general at trying to run all your programs as quickly as possible.
"man -k affinity" shows a list of related options and commands. It looks like taskset is what you want. Haven't tried it myself. Chris -- Tux rox! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
