>> On 7/9/07, Alexander Kolbasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I would like to propose a new "CPUfs" project aimed at providing extended >>> observability for the CPUs in the system and their sharing relationships. >>> The >>> main objective is to provide stable infrastructure for representing CPU >>> properties for user-land applications. >>> >>> Currently some CPU-related information can be obtained using prtconf(1M) >>> and >>> psrinfo(1M) which just a wrapper around the kstat (1M) framework. The >>> kstat >>> framework is usable for representing simple "flat" CPU properties, but >>> using it >>> becomes more and more of a stretch in the CMT world. >>> >>> The purpose of the CPUfs project is to explore using the file system >>> abstraction >>> to represent CPU properties. File system abstraction supports hierarchy >>> and >>> convenient name space. >>> >>> I suggest hosting the project under either Observability or Performance >>> community. >>> +1. This sort of observability is desperately needed.
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