Re: [Q] (possible offtopic) - /proc/loadavg

Perry Harrington (pedward@sun4.apsoft.com)
Mon, 23 Feb 1998 13:15:39 -0800 (PST)

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> Hiya.
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> Thanks for your answer. It was as I expected. I was asking
> because I am trying to come up with a way of measuring (more
> likely: expressing) the load of a virtual machine (Building a
> run-time system for some actor computations on a cluster - I am
> working on distribution and concurrency)
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> One more thing - who wrote that book, to which you are refering?

>From Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0672306557/8202-4161503-115880

Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book
and Cd-Rom
by Richard A. Burgess
Availability: This title is out of print, but if you
place an order we may be able to find you a
used copy within 1-3 months.

Published by Sams
Publication date: March 1995
ISBN: 0672306557

LCIS Carries this title I believe, that's where I got it. I got it right
out of the starting gate, it has proven very useful for understanding the
OS semantics. It covers the development of an OS named MMURTL, and provides
source code. It comes with an assembler and DCC C compiler source.

--Perry

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> I have no memory of having ever heard about it, though I have
> been around most litterature abt. OS'es, dist. systems etc. over
> the years.
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> Thanks again for your answer.
>
> - --thomas
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Perry Harrington       Linux rules all OSes.    APSoft      ()
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