[Vm-dev] Cog VM idling performance

[Phil (list)]

Igor,

On Jun 6, 2012, at 2:24 PM, Igor Stasenko wrote:

> 
> just kill an idle process.
> but you must be sure that at any moment of time there will be some
> scheduled process
> available, otherwise VM will leave to OS, since it will unable to find
> anything to run
> 

I'm not sure I understand: I have a morph with stepping enabled (every 50ms)... shouldn't that keep the idle process from taking over?  If not (i.e. and your suggestion is the way to go), what's the recommended way to kill the idle process and how would I restart it when I no longer want maximum performance?

The link to the image I posted in my reply to Bert will also display the behavior I'm describing: simply moving the mouse around while the stepping is active will increase the framerate, when you stop moving the mouse it decreases.

> -- 
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko.

Thanks,
Phil