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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:31:20 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	James Bruce <bruce@...rew.cmu.edu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@...e.de>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CFS: Fix missing digit off in wmult table

On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 15:26 +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> > By breaking the UNIX model of nice levels. Not an option in my book.
> 
> BTW what is the "UNIX model of nice levels"?
> 
> SUS specifies the limit via NZERO, which is defined as "Minimum Acceptable 
> Value: 20", I can't find any information that it must be 20.

I have never encountered a UNIX where it is anything other than 20.
Convention (alas not specification) does dictate 20.

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