sos linux is at: http://sos-linux.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/sos-linux/offsched/ you will find the modules, once shot patches , split patches, and a Documentation folder. On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 18:06 +0300, Pekka Enberg wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 5:54 PM, raz ben yehuda<raziebe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I have always been fascinated by the idea of controlling another cpu > >> from the main CPU. > >> > >> Usually these cpus are custom, run proprietary software, and have no > >> datasheet on their I/O interfaces. > >> > >> But, being able to turn an ordinary CPU into something like that seems > >> to be very nice. > >> > >> For example, It might help with profiling. Think about a program that > >> can run uninterrupted how much it wants. > >> > >> I might even be better, if the dedicated CPU would use a predefined > >> reserved memory range (I wish there was a way to actually lock it to > >> that range) > >> > >> On the other hand, I could see this as a jump platform for more > >> proprietary code, something like that: we use linux in out server > >> platform, but out "insert buzzword here" network stack pro+ can handle > >> 100% more load that linux does, and it runs on a dedicated core.... > >> > >> In the other words, we might see 'firmwares' that take an entire cpu for > >> their usage. > > > > This is exactly what offsched (sos) is. you got it. SOS was partly inspired by the notion of a GPU. > > So where are the patches? The URL in the original post returns 404... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
