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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:57:10 +0300 From: Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.4 for 2.6.18-rc2 Peter Williams wrote: > Al Boldi wrote: > > Peter Williams wrote: > >> This version removes the hard/soft CPU rate caps from the SPA > >> schedulers. > >> > >> A patch for 2.6.18-rc2 is available at: > >> > >> <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.4-for-2.6.18-rc2. > >>pat ch?download> > >> > >> 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> > > > > Any reason dynsched couldn't be merged with plugsched? > > None that I know of (but I'm not familiar with dynsched). Patches to > add it to the mix would be accepted and once in I would try to keep it > in step with kernel changes. I thought dynsched patches against plugsched, what else is needed? > >> 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 > > > > It may be really great, to allow schedulers perPid parent, thus allowing > > the stacking of different scheduler semantics. This could aid > > flexibility a lot. > > I'm don't understand what you mean here. Could you elaborate? i.e: Boot the kernel with spa_no_frills, then start X with spa_ws. 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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