linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] [1/2] Remove Deadline I/O scheduler

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Message-Id: <20060803180337.a7f89a17.akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Thu, 3 Aug 2006 18:03:37 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	"Nate Diller" <nate.diller@...il.com>
Cc:	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...sta.de>, "Jens Axboe" <axboe@...e.de>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] [1/2] Remove Deadline I/O scheduler

On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:15:47 -0700
"Nate Diller" <nate.diller@...il.com> wrote:

> My goal is not to get
> deadline removed, but a discussion with Andrew some months ago showed
> he was averse to creating more options than we already have.

hm, we must have miscommunicated here.

The way to handle the elevator scheduler is to just add it as a new feature
not touch deadline.

Leter (and it might be over a year) we might decide to remove deadline. 
But the cost of carrying it is veyr low.

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