Bug 50720

Summary: [PATCH] doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml: add QAs (scheduler)
Product: Documentation Reporter: osa <osa>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: Tom Rhodes <trhodes>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
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Description osa 2003-04-08 13:30:08 UTC 
	doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml: add QAs (scheduler)
	Obtained from -current@ (des@ answers)
Comment 1 Chris Pepper 2003-04-10 21:46:07 UTC 
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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Comment 2 Tom Rhodes freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2003-04-26 17:07:46 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Over to me.
Comment 3 Tom Rhodes freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2003-04-26 17:07:46 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->trhodes

Thanks for the submission!  I've taken some of the comments provided by 
Chris Pepper and did some word smithing of my own.