Bind a Seti-Process to a single CPU

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Shakir Send message Joined: 14 Aug 99 Posts: 3 Credit: 90,452,595 RAC: 93	Message 468128 - Posted: 29 Nov 2006, 13:21:15 UTC Hi, i whish to bind a seti calculation to a specific cpu (core). it was (and is?) possible with commandline parameters, but not with boinc .... i think it will have an advantage to the processing speed, because we spare the process-cpu switches (load the cpu registers and cache ....). i hope you see what i mean. good luck all ID: 468128 ·

mikey Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Dec 99 Posts: 4215 Credit: 3,474,603 RAC: 0	Message 468449 - Posted: 29 Nov 2006, 21:58:34 UTC - in response to Message 468128. Hi, i whish to bind a seti calculation to a specific cpu (core). it was (and is?) possible with commandline parameters, but not with boinc .... i think it will have an advantage to the processing speed, because we spare the process-cpu switches (load the cpu registers and cache ....). i hope you see what i mean. good luck all You can do it thru the Task Manager windows of Windows but as soon as the current units finishes and a new unit starts you will have to do it again. There used to be an optimized version that had that ability but I am not sure it worked real well or was easy to use. ID: 468449 ·

Janus Volunteer developer Send message Joined: 4 Dec 01 Posts: 376 Credit: 967,976 RAC: 0	Message 471678 - Posted: 4 Dec 2006, 0:24:20 UTC This is called "setting the affinity" of a science application. And it has been on the todo-list for quite a while. ID: 471678 ·

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