Owen T. Soroke wrote: >From what I understand to this point, there is no way to effectively >utilize dual CPU's. > >hlds_l and srcds do not support multithreading, nor does FreeBSD handle >dual processors on behalf of the Half-Life processes. > >Also, as Steven commented, there is no way to specify which CPU a >process will run on. > >As a result, all processing would always take place on CPU-0. > >Owen > > Not true. The OS can be smart enough to see that one cpu is idle, where other is not, so new processes can be started "automagically" in idle cpu.
There's a 3rd party tool for linux who do some processor affinity, in http://www.ccur.com/rt_oss.asp . Not tested for game servers, but some other apps (apache/sendmail) works quite well. -- dual_bereta_r0x -- Alexandre Hautequest ArenaNetwork Lan House & Cyber -- www.arenanetwork.com.br _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
