linux-kernel - Re: [Announce] [patch] Modular Scheduler Core and Completely Fair Scheduler [CFS]

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Date:	Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:27:45 -0700
From:	Bill Huey (hui) <billh@...ppy.monkey.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Bill Huey (hui)" <billh@...ppy.monkey.org>
Subject: Re: [Announce] [patch] Modular Scheduler Core and Completely Fair Scheduler [CFS]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 10:21:00PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> [announce] [patch] Modular Scheduler Core and Completely Fair Scheduler [CFS]
... 
>    The CFS patch uses a completely different approach and implementation
>    from RSDL/SD. My goal was to make CFS's interactivity quality exceed
>    that of RSDL/SD, which is a high standard to meet :-) Testing
>    feedback is welcome to decide this one way or another. [ and, in any
>    case, all of SD's logic could be added via a kernel/sched_sd.c module
>    as well, if Con is interested in such an approach. ]

Ingo,

Con has been asking for module support for years if I understand your patch
corectly. You'll also need this for -rt as well with regards to bandwidth
scheduling. Good to see that you're moving in this direction.

bill

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