Title : Setting Processor Affinity for a Certain Task or Process 
Date : 2006-05-07 
Code : "When you are using SMP you might want to override the kernel’s process scheduling and bind a certain process to a specific CPU(s). CPU affinity is nothing but a scheduler property that “bonds” a process to a given set of CPUs on the SMP system. With the help of <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/setting-processor-affinity-certain-task-or-process.html" target="blank">Linux scheduler</a> utilities you can set up processor affinity for a certain task or process." On a related note, here's a <a href="http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=&task=view&id=2243" target="blank">short guide on kernel compilation</a>. 
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