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diff --git a/share/man/man4/sched_4bsd.4 b/share/man/man4/sched_4bsd.4 index 44b2303..5ffaa0c 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/sched_4bsd.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/sched_4bsd.4 @@ -29,28 +29,30 @@ .Dt SCHED_4BSD 4 .Sh NAME .Nm sched_4bsd -.Nd 4.4BSD Scheduler +.Nd "4.4BSD scheduler" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Cd "options SCHED_4BSD" .Sh DESCRIPTION +The .Nm +scheduler is the default system scheduler, providing both high throughput and solid interactive response in the presence of load. .Pp The following sysctls are relevant to the operation of .Nm : .Bl -tag -width indent -.It kern.sched.name +.It Va kern.sched.name This read-only sysctl reports the name of the active scheduler. -.It kern.sched.quantum +.It Va kern.sched.quantum This read-write sysctl reports or sets the length of the quantum (in micro-seconds) granted to a thread. -.It kern.sched.ipiwakeup.enabled +.It Va kern.sched.ipiwakeup.enabled This read-write sysctl sets whether or not the scheduler will generate an inter-processor interrupt (IPI) to an idle CPU when a thread is woken up. Otherwise, idle CPUs will wait until the next clock tick before looking for new work. -.It kern.sched.preemption +.It Va kern.sched.preemption This read-only sysctl reports whether or not the kernel is configured to support preemption, which reduces the latency to run lower priority threads on wakeup. |
