Bernard Leclerc (bleclerc++at++cae.ca)
Tue, 5 Nov 1996 17:35:12 -0500
> My resources are:
> 1-pipe, 2-cpu Onyx RE2
> IRIX 5.3
> Performer 2.0
>
> My question is simply
> How can I guarantee that my front-end simulation executes
> at a lower priority than draw, cull, AND app?
>
> By this I mean that the sim must be *immediately* pre-empted
> by Unix whenever draw, cull, or app request cpu control.
>
> Specifically, and ignoring non-preemptive low-level i/o
> on behalf of the sim, how do I guarantee that the app can
> immediately resume upon completion of a pfSync or pfFrame
> event, do its thing, then yield the cpu (to an awaiting lower
> priority process) in initiating its next event wait?
Since you have 2 CPUs, I assume (and suggest) you run the simulation
process on CPU0 while the Performer process runs on CPU1. I also assume a
shared-memory segment is used to exchanged data between the two processes.
In your Performer process, use pfuLockDownProc(), pfuRunProcOn() and
pfuPrioritizeProcs() to lock your visual process on CPU1, isolate the CPU
from other processes and assign a non-degrading priority. This setup
should permit the APP/CULL/DRAW to run at its best without being
interrupted and without interrupting the simulation process which will be
running on a different CPU.
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