<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads --> <!--X-From-R13: "Xba O. Znzoreg" <wyflfvapNvk.argpbz.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 21:53:11 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199808070313.WAA29321@dfw-ix3.ix.netcom.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199808060322.WAA19343@dfw-ix3.ix.netcom.com --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.3.96.980805225222.8438A-100000#shamen,cyberhighway.net --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00534.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00536.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00513.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00527.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00535">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00535">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00535">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 23:14:12 -5</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On 5 Aug 98, Ben Greear wrote: > On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Jon A. Lambert wrote: > > > A bit back we we discussing the upper limits of Java threads on > > various platforms. Much of the concern, especially in regard to > > Java, was the one thread per connection issue. Can anyone comment on > > the following hardware(?) issue raised here? > > > > --cut from rgma -- > > > > By the way, your P2-233 will choke with 200 active users. Interrupt > > overflow from the NIC. You could solve this problem with a $500 NIC > > that doesn't interrupt the CPU as much(has its own processor,) but > > then you'll have to ban char mode telnet outright and do some other > > unfriendly things too, and I just don't know that you're going to find > > 200 simultaneous players anyway; few muds do, so unless you become one > > of them, it isn't worth the time, money, and effort to prepare for:) > > I'm not convinced he is right. Perhaps if you are using a sorry driver > and or sorry NIC... > > For grins, I'm gonna work on some scripts to max my mud out... > > I'll let you know how it goes.... > Nod. It's my gut feeling that a small capacity card would find itself in a wait state before flooding the CPU with interrupts. Then again, I have very little experience in the network card area. I've got a fairly old card on this machine, DEC Etherworks LC/TP (DE-101?) and it's in a 400mhz MMX P2. Dunno if this card will cause problems. It doesn't with 5 users <grin> -- --/*\ Jon A. Lambert - TychoMUD Internet:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com /*\-- --/*\ Mud Server Developer's Page <<A HREF="http://www.netcom.com/~jlsysinc">http://www.netcom.com/~jlsysinc</A>> /*\-- --/*\ "Everything that deceives may be said to enchant" - Plato /*\-- </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00509" HREF="msg00509.html">[MUD-Dev] Question regarding Java threads</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00513" HREF="msg00513.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Ben Greear <greear#cyberhighway,net></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00534.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00536.html">[MUD-Dev] Protocols</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00513.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00527.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00535"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00535"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00514" HREF="msg00514.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 06:06 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00518" HREF="msg00518.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 14:04 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00509" HREF="msg00509.html">[MUD-Dev] Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 03:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00513" HREF="msg00513.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 06:01 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00535" HREF="msg00535.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 07 Aug 1998, 04:53 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00527" HREF="msg00527.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 17:11 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00622" HREF="msg00622.html">[MUD-Dev] RE: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org">matt#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 10:42 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00644" HREF="msg00644.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Question regarding Java threads</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Tue 11 Aug 1998, 02:39 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00508" HREF="msg00508.html">[MUD-Dev] RE: [IDEAS] Starting from scratch</A></strong>, Leach, Brad BA <a href="mailto:Leach.Brad.BA#bhp,com.au">Leach.Brad.BA#bhp,com.au</a>, Thu 06 Aug 1998, 02:40 GMT </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>