linux-kernel - Re: BFS v0.311 CPU scheduler for 2.6.32

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0912110910490.32415@router.home>
Date:	Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:12:58 -0600 (CST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Con Kolivas <kernel@...ivas.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: BFS v0.311 CPU scheduler for 2.6.32

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, Con Kolivas wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:10:39 Christoph Lameter wrote:
> > Could you make the scheduler build time configurable instead of replacing
> > the existing one? Embedded folks in particular may love a low footprint
> > scheduler.
>
> It's not a bad idea, but the kernel still needs to be patched either way. To
> get BFS they'd need to patch the kernel. If they didn't want BFS, they
> wouldn't patch it in the first place.

BFS would have a chance to be merged as an alternate scheduler for
specialized situations (such as embedded or desktop use).



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