[Vm-dev] linux ht cog vm

[Eliot Miranda]

So then the itimer heartbeat is the way to go.  Those that start to use the
system for FFI work are presumably hard-core enough to not be phased by the
suggestion to move to the threaded heartbeat vm :)

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:

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>
> On 09.04.2015, at 23:14, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > I have wondered, isn't there any other way to have the
> > ht cog vm run, _without_ instructing users to change
> > shady system config files? I can't ask my students
> > to do that, really…
> >
> > Why not?  Their laptops are personal machines and if linux requires
> stupidities like restricting thread priorities through shady config files
> one can only bow to linux right?
>
> Nope. No dice.
> It has to be a 'double click experience' for all OSes.
> You can't imagine how
>         "We got this nice software here you'll be working with the next
> semester
>         but because we are such nice guys please change system files for
> us"
> sounds to students.
> We got enough trouble on the image side nonetheless :)
> Best
>         -Tobias
>
> >
> > Best
> >         -Tobias
>
>
>
>


-- 
best,
Eliot
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