docs/50720: [PATCH] doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml: add QAs (scheduler)

[Chris Pepper]

The following reply was made to PR docs/50720; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Chris Pepper <pepper at reppep.com>
To: "Sergey A.Osokin" <osa at FreeBSD.org.ru>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/50720: [PATCH] doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml:
 add 	QAs (scheduler)
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:46:07 -0400

 At 4:25 PM +0400 2003/04/08, Sergey A.Osokin wrote:
 >  >Number:         50720
 >>Category:       docs
 >  >Synopsis:       [PATCH] doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml: 
 >add QAs (scheduler)
 
 >Index: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
 >===================================================================
 >RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
 >retrieving revision 1.526
 >diff -u -r1.526 book.sgml
 >--- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml	7 Apr 2003 18:37:59 
 >-0000	1.526
 >+++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml	8 Apr 2003 11:58:22 -0000
 
 
 >+        <answer>
 >+          <para>Just type:
 >+            <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl 
 >kern.quantum</userinput></screen>
 >+            If you see
 >+            <screen>unknown oid 'kern.quantum'</screen>
 >+            it means that you use new <quote>SCHED_ULE</quote> scheduler, but
 
 	s/use/are running the/
 
 >+            if you see
 >+            <screen>kern.quantum: 100000</screen>
 >+	     that means your system runs under old 
 ><quote>SCHED_4BSD</quote> scheduler.
 
 	s/runs under/is running the/
 
 >+          </para>
 >+        </answer>
 >+      </qandaentry>
 >+
 >+      <qandaentry>
 >+        <question id="scheduler-kern-quantum">
 >+          <para>What does it mean 'kern.quantum'?</para>
 
 	s/mean 'kern.quantum'?/'kern.quantum' mean?/
 
 	Should kern.quantum get an SGML tag instead of single quotes 
 (here and in the question above)?
 
 >+        </question>
 >+
 >+        <answer>
 >+          <para>It is the maximum number of ticks a process can run 
 >without being
 >+            preempted.  It is specific to the 4BSD scheduler, so 
 >you can use it
 
 	s/use it/use its/
 
 >+            presence or absence to determine which scheduler is in use.
 >+          </para>
 >+        </answer>
 >+      </qandaentry>
 >      </qandaset>
 >    </chapter>
 
 
 						Chris Pepper
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