From a28dedaf2332717573b47c4a44684ed9e61e2acf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Quinson Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:35:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] documentation improvement --- doc/doxygen/platform.doc | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/doxygen/platform.doc b/doc/doxygen/platform.doc index 93e2e25711..1101198e49 100644 --- a/doc/doxygen/platform.doc +++ b/doc/doxygen/platform.doc @@ -162,15 +162,16 @@ contain more than 1 core. Here are the attributes of a host : referring to it. \li power (mandatory):the peak number FLOPS the CPU can manage. Expressed in flop/s. -\li core: The number of core of this host. If set, the power - gives the power of one core. The specified computing power will be +\li core: The number of core of this host (by default, 1). If + you specify the amount of cores, the 'power' parameter is the power + of each core. + For example, if you specify that your host has 6 cores, it will be available to up to 6 sequential tasks without sharing. If more tasks are placed on this host, the resource will be shared - accordingly. For example, if you schedule 12 tasks on the host, - each will get half of the computing power. Please note that - although sound, this model were never scientifically assessed. + accordingly. For example, if you schedule 12 tasks on that host, + each will get half of the specified computing power. Please note + that although sound, this model were never scientifically assessed. Please keep this fact in mind when using it. - \li availability: specify if the percentage of power available. \li availability_file: Allow you to use a file as input. This file will contain availability traces for this computer. The -- 2.20.1