RAD_SUPPORT enables RAD-aware code to be executed on systems that support Resource Affinity Domains (RADs); for example, AlphaServer GS160 systems and Integrity cell-based servers or BL8x0c i2 servers. A RAD is a set of hardware components (CPUs and memory) with common access characteristics. Bits are defined in the RAD_SUPPORT parameter as follows: RAD_SUPPORT (default is 207 for Alpha and 10944667 for Integrity servers) ___________________________________________________ 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 8 7 4 3 6 5 8 7 0 +-----+-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+ |00|00| skip|ss|gg|ww|pp|00|00|00|00|0p|df|cr|ae| +-----+-----+-----------+-----------+-----------+ Bit 0 (e): Enable - Enables RAD support Bit 1 (a): Affinity - Enables Soft RAD Affinity (SRA) scheduling Also enables the interpretation of the skip bits, 24-27. Bit 2 (r): Replicate - Enables system-space code replication Bit 3 (c): Copy - Enables copy on soft fault Bit 4 (f): Fault - Enables special page fault allocation Also enables the interpretation of the allocation bits, 16-23. Bit 5 (d): Debug - Reserved to VSI Bit 6 (p): Pool - Enables per-RAD non-paged pool Bits 7-15: - Reserved to VSI Bits 16-23: - If bit 4 is set, bits 16-23 are interpreted as follows: Bits 16,17 (pp): Process = Pagefault on process (non global) pages Bits 18,19 (ww): Swapper = Swapper's allocation of pages for processes Bits 20,21 (gg): Global = Pagefault on global pages Bits 22,23 (ss): System = Pagefault on system space pages Encodings for pp, ww, gg, ss: Current (0) - allocate PFNs from the current CPU's RAD Random (1) - allocate PFNs using the "random" algorithm Base (2) - allocate PFNs from the operating system's "base" RAD Home (3) - allocate PFNs from the current process's home RAD If bits 16-23 are 0, the defaults for pp, ww, gg, ss are interpreted as follows: Process = home RAD Swapper = current RAD (also sets home RAD for process) Global = random RAD System = base RAD Bits 24-27: - If bit 1 is set, bits 24-27 are interpreted as a skip count value (power of 2). Example: If bits 24-27 contain a 3, the skip count is 8. If bits 24-27 contain a 5, the skip count is 32. If bits 24-27 are 0, the default of 16 is used as the skip count. Bits 28-31: - Reserved to VSI For more information about using OpenVMS RAD features, see the OpenVMS Alpha Galaxy and Partitioning Guide or VSI OpenVMS Version 8.4 New Features and Documentation Overview. RAD_SUPPORT has the GEN attribute. REALTIME_SPTS has the DYNAMIC, GEN, and MAJOR attributes.