Re: SGI Interrupts

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Brian Furtaw (brian++at++dingbat.clubfed.sgi.com)
Fri, 22 May 1998 21:34:31 -0400


The file you are refering to Angus is /var/sysgen/system/irix.sm. Simply add
the CPUs you wish to sheild from interrupts to the list after the NOINTR tag.
autoconfig -fv to rebuild the kernel and reboot.

Brian

On May 22, 5:51pm, Angus Dorbie wrote:
> Subject: Re: SGI Interrupts
> > Sorroche, Joe CEI-TACCSF wrote:
> >
> > People;
> >
> > We're running Performer 2.2 on an Onyx, IRIX 6.2 OS. When we
> > run gr_osview, for a second, the interrupts "peg" the processor. Any
> > hints?
> >
>
> You need to isolate and lockdown the CPUs you need for real-time and
> put a NOINTR=cpu_number directive for those CPUs in the stune file
> (I think) I can't confirm this right now but there should be mention
> of this in the archives and no doubt someone with a better memory than
> I will post the exact details.
>
> The new IRIX 6.5 OS has really kernel threads & interrupts so you
> shouldn't have to worry about this in future unless you are _really_
> running at a high frame rate (I mean kHz).
>
> Cheers,Angus.
>
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>-- End of excerpt from Angus Dorbie

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