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On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 moseleyt@colorado.edu wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am doing research involving optimal scheduling for Hyperthreading systems.  I
> was curious if there was an easy way to arbitrarily halt/wake up a processor
> other than the one being run on from schedule().
>
> Thanks
>
> Tipp

The processor that executes a hlt instruction is the one
that will be halted. It takes an interrupt to get out of
that state.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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