On 12/20/2010 10:33 AM, James Cloos wrote:
And how exactly, given that the kernel does not know whether the CPU is active or waiting on ram, could an application do so? -JimC
That particular aspect will remain hidden, it's a domain of the hardware architecture. Nevertheless, there are things like waiting on I/O or waiting on lock, that would be extremely useful. -- Mladen Gogala Sr. Oracle DBA 1500 Broadway New York, NY 10036 (212) 329-5251 www.vmsinfo.com -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
