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30.Dd March 5, 2010
31.Dt SCHED_M2 9
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm sched_m2
35.Nd The M2 thread scheduler
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/sched.h
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The M2 scheduler implements a scheduling algorithm similar to
40the scheduler implementations of UNIX System V Release 4 and Solaris.
41.Sh CODE REFERENCES
42The M2 scheduler is implemented within the file
43.Pa sys/kern/sched_m2.c .
44.Sh SEE ALSO
45.Xr csf 9 ,
46.Xr hardclock 9 ,
47.Xr mi_switch 9 ,
48.Xr sched_4bsd 9 ,
49.Xr userret 9
50.Rs
51.%A Berny Goodheart
52.%A James Cox
53.%B "The Magic Garden Explained: The Internals of UNIX System V Release 4"
54.%I "Prentice Hall"
55.%D 1994
56.Re
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