[Vm-dev] [Pharo-dev] Reducing the activity of the image

[tim Rowledge]

On 09-02-2015, at 1:00 PM, Norbert Hartl <norbert at hartl.name> wrote:

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>> Am 09.02.2015 um 21:39 schrieb tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org>:
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>> On 09-02-2015, at 12:33 PM, phil at highoctane.be wrote:
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>>> Can't the box be setup 5o do some WoL thing and go back to sleep when idling for a while?
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>>> This CPU usage is really annoying indeed.
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>> Assuming you are using a stack or Cog vm, that will mostly be the heartbeat that checks for inputs and process switches and GC limits etc. Plus any remaining morphic loop etc.
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> Thanks for the analysis. Not being an expert on _all_ those topics :) I'm asking myself if there are some tweaks (monkey patching is fine) to get rid of those? I certainly do not need any morphic loop as long as it doesn't steer the network reception *cough* :)

We’d need some input from someone that really knows Morphic. You could try running in an MVC project and see if it makes any difference?

> Can the intervals to check inputs and process switches be stretched without open the door to hell because timing loops are tightly aligned?

Maybe. Eliot?


tim
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