This folder contains seven zsh scripts: cont init-be kill-be-sw paths stop task what Those are used to control the best-effort core software. This is done by means of a cgroup. The path to the cgroup is defined in the script "paths". The cgroup represents the BE software with two files, whose locations are also defined in "paths". But you don't need to run "paths" explicitly. Instead, initialize the cgroup with "init-be". One of the files of the cgroup holds the state of the BE core. If the state is FROZEN, BE software will not run; if the state is THAWED, BE software will run just like any other Linux processes (but only on the BE core). Set the state to FROZEN with "stop"; set it to THAWED with "cont". The other file of the cgroup holds the PIDs that run on the BE core. (Note: Not all of them are processes that are launced explicitly by the user, some may be forked by other processes.) To add a PID to this file, and to run it on the BE core, use "task", e.g., $ task forever Here, try "cont" and "stop" to [un]freeze the infinite loop. To query the state of the BE core, and have the PIDs running there listed, use "what". To kill all processes on the BE core, use "kill-be-sw".