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blocksys
Section: Driver (4)Updated: 0.1
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NAME
blocksys - block CPU for a given amount of NOP cycles
DESCRIPTION
The blocksys driver reads a numerical string that is written to the /dev/blocksys device and blocks the current CPU for the number of given NOP cycles. This driver is only intended for testing purposes.
EXAMPLES
To trigger a CPU block, write the number of blocking NOP cycles to /dev/blocksys
echo 2000000 >/dev/blocksys
AUTHORS
Carsten Emde <C.Emdeªosadl.org>
SEE ALSO
cyclictest(8)
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