Megatest

  (let loop ((start-time (current-seconds))) ;; we saw some instances of this being called before *toppath* was set. This might be an early setup race. This delay should help but it is impossible to test...
    (if (not *toppath*)
	(begin
	  (debug:print 0 *default-log-port* "ERROR: common:wait-for-homehost-load called before *toppath* set.")
	  (thread-sleep! 30)
	  (if (< (- (current-seconds) start-time) 300)
	      (loop start-time)))))
  (case (rmt:transport-mode)
    ((http)
     (let* ((hh-dat (if (common:on-homehost?) ;; if we are on the homehost then pass in #f so the calls are local.
			#f
			(server:choose-server *toppath* 'homehost)))
            (hh     (if hh-dat (car hh-dat) #f)))
       (common:wait-for-normalized-load maxnormload msg hh)))
    (else
     (common:wait-for-normalized-load maxnormload msg (get-host-name)))))
    
(define (common:get-num-cpus remote-host)
  (let* ((actual-host (or remote-host (get-host-name))))
    ;; hosts had better not be changing the number of cpus too often!
    (or (hash-table-ref/default *numcpus-cache* actual-host #f)
	(let* ((numcpus (or (common:get-cached-info actual-host "num-cpus" age: (+ 2592000 (random 3600)))
			    (let* ((proc   (lambda ()
					     (let loop ((numcpu 0)