The best explanation i have found is
this:
Quote:
If you look at pstat -a output, you can deduce that PID number is PSLOT number times a factor plus some offset.
On AIX53, I have PID=PSLOT*4096+offset
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This page seems also to be helpful.
Maybe some guys who have attended the "kernel internals" class could expand on that?
May i ask about the background of this question?
I hope this helps.
bakunin