SUMMARY: Can a process span CPUs?

From: Narendra Raavi <narendra_at_spiff.hr.att.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 12:07:27 -0400

I received a number of responses saying that if an application is
multi-threaded, then processes _can_ span CPUs at the same time. The best
documentation I found regarding process management (including a pointer to
a paper describing "upcalls") is the "Guide to DECthreads".

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> 
> Managers,
> 
> Can a process span CPUs? I have a 3 CPU ES40, Tru64 UNIX V4.0F PK#3.
> One of my processes is taking up 99.3% of a CPU.
> 
> I would appreciate any pointers to documents describing the process
> management architecture in Tru64 UNIX.
> 
> Thank you,
 

Received on Tue Jun 05 2001 - 16:06:28 NZST