Microsoft KB Archive/58980

Improving Task Switching Response of OS/2 PSS ID Number: Q58980 Article last modified on 04-03-1990 PSS database name: W_eXceL

2.20

OS/2

Summary:

To improve the task switching response of OS/2, add the following line to the OS/2 CONFIG.SYS file:

MAXWAIT=1

The following information is taken from the “IBM Operating System/2 Version 1.1 User’s Guide”:

The MAXWAIT function sets the time limit for lack of access to the processor resource in OS/2 mode. When a regular class thread is denied the processor for a defined number of seconds, it receives a temporary boost in priority for a minimum time slice.

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