diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 602523a182..991c31a9a0 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -2969,3 +2969,12 @@ David  13 May 2011
         backend_lib.cpp
     html/project.sample/
         project.inc
+
+David  13 May 2011
+    - scheduler: per-processor limits should be based on
+        "effective" # of processors (taking prefs into account)
+        rather than the physical number
+
+    sched/
+        sched_send.cpp
+        sched_limit.h
diff --git a/doc/get_platforms.inc b/doc/get_platforms.inc
index 312ce1658e..6e118c2201 100644
--- a/doc/get_platforms.inc
+++ b/doc/get_platforms.inc
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ function friendly_name($p) {
     return $q;
 }
 
+function canonical_plan_class($pc) {
+    if (strstr($pc, "mt")) return "mt";
+    if (strstr($pc, "cuda")) return "cuda";
+    if (strstr($pc, "ati")) return "ati";
+    return $pc;
+}
+
 // get platforms from get_project_config.php (preferred method)
 //
 // format is either
@@ -96,7 +103,8 @@ function get_platforms(&$url) {
     } else {
         foreach ($p->platform as $r) {
             if (array_key_exists('plan_class', $r)) {
-                $list[] = (string)$r->platform_name.'['.(string)$r->plan_class.']';
+                $pc = canonical_plan_class((string)$r->plan_class);
+                $list[] = (string)$r->platform_name."['$pc']";
             } else {
                 $list[] = (string)$r->platform_name;
             }
@@ -120,7 +128,9 @@ function get_platforms2($url) {
             $p = $v->platform_short[0];
             $pc = "";
             if (array_key_exists('plan_class', $v)) {
-                $pc = $v->plan_class[0];
+                $pc = (string)$v->plan_class;
+                $pc = canonical_plan_class($pc);
+                echo "pc: $pc\n";
             }
             if (strlen($pc)) {
                 $p = $p.'['.$pc.']';
@@ -187,6 +197,7 @@ function get_platforms_string($url) {
 
 //$u = "http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/";
 //$u = "http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/";
+//$u = "http://aqua.dwavesys.com/";
 //$x = get_platforms($u);
 //print_r($x);
 //echo get_platforms_string("http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/");
diff --git a/sched/sched_limit.h b/sched/sched_limit.h
index da202af56c..aec6267337 100644
--- a/sched/sched_limit.h
+++ b/sched/sched_limit.h
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ struct JOB_LIMIT {
 
     int parse(XML_PARSER&, const char* end_tag);
 
-    inline void reset(HOST& h, COPROCS& c) {
+    inline void reset(int ncpus, int ngpus) {
         total.reset(1);
-        cpu.reset(h.p_ncpus);
-        gpu.reset(c.ndevs());
+        cpu.reset(ncpus);
+        gpu.reset(ngpus);
     }
 
     inline bool exceeded(bool is_gpu) {
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ struct JOB_LIMITS {
 
     // called at start of each request
     //
-    inline void reset(HOST& h, COPROCS& c) {
-        project_limits.reset(h, c);
+    inline void reset(int ncpus, int ngpus) {
+        project_limits.reset(ncpus, ngpus);
         for (unsigned int i=0; i<app_limits.size(); i++) {
-            app_limits[i].reset(h, c);
+            app_limits[i].reset(ncpus, ngpus);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/sched/sched_send.cpp b/sched/sched_send.cpp
index 42b13b9bdb..a6616825f0 100644
--- a/sched/sched_send.cpp
+++ b/sched/sched_send.cpp
@@ -118,11 +118,12 @@ void WORK_REQ::get_job_limits() {
         g_wreq->max_jobs_per_rpc = 999999;
     }
 
-    config.max_jobs_in_progress.reset(g_reply->host, g_request->coprocs);
+    config.max_jobs_in_progress.reset(effective_ncpus, effective_ngpus);
 
     if (config.debug_quota) {
         log_messages.printf(MSG_NORMAL,
-            "[quota] max jobs per RPC: %d\n",
+            "[quota] effective ncpus %d ngpus %d; max jobs per RPC: %d\n",
+            effective_ncpus, effective_ngpus,
             g_wreq->max_jobs_per_rpc
         );
         config.max_jobs_in_progress.print_log();