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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.kei.com!uuspew.uu.net!uunet!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!usenet From: Glen Schaff <glens@space.mit.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: How do I disable context switching in 4.1.3 Date: 17 Dec 1993 21:53:39 GMT Organization: MIT Center For Space Research Lines: 9 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2et9p3$e7f@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: ne80at6b-dyn-02.mit.edu X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7 X-XXDate: Fri, 17 Dec 93 16:58:06 GMT I am attempting to write an application that requires some real time control. i.e. I need to prevent outside interrupts or context switches from occuring at specific points in this code. I have tried setpriority() as a super user and have gotten nowhere. Does 4.1.3 offer any other mechanisms for locking out tasks (including os tasks) for limited periods of time? Glen