Re: [HACKERS] Re: sched_yield()

> Gee, I just checked and BSDI has it. However, it appears to work only
> on threaded applications:
>
> #include <pthread.h>
> ...
> If other threads are ready to run, the sched_yield() function forces the
> current thread to suspend itself temporarily and let them execute.
>
>From the Irix6 man page:

#include <sched.h>
...
The sched_yield system call causes the calling process to relinquish the
processor to a runnable process of higher or equal priority.

Looks like it should work here, but needs a different header file from BDSI.

Andrew

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