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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 21:37:44 +0300 From: Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.4 for 2.6.19 Peter Williams wrote: > > This version removes the hard/soft CPU rate caps from the SPA schedulers. > > A patch for 2.6.19 is available at: > > <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.4-for-2.6.19.patch?d >ownload> > > Very Brief Documentation: > > You can select a default scheduler at kernel build time. If you wish to > boot with a scheduler other than the default it can be selected at boot > time by adding: > > cpusched=<scheduler> > > to the boot command line where <scheduler> is one of: ingosched, > ingo_ll, nicksched, staircase, spa_no_frills, spa_ws, spa_svr, spa_ebs > or zaphod. If you don't change the default when you build the kernel > the default scheduler will be ingosched (which is the normal scheduler). > > The scheduler in force on a running system can be determined by the > contents of: > > /proc/scheduler > > Control parameters for the scheduler can be read/set via files in: > > /sys/cpusched/<scheduler>/ Thanks for keeping this patch in sync with the kernel. I tried spa_ebs and it still has some hang-ups under load. Setting iab_incr_threshold to 1000 smoothes this, but an obvious mouse-jitter can still be observed. Any hope this could be addressed? Thanks! -- Al - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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