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Subject: Re: Post-halloween doc updates.
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On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 15:15, Dave Jones wrote:

> Process scheduler improvements.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> - Another much talked about feature. Ingo Molnar reworked the process
>   scheduler to use an O(1) algorithm.  In operation, you should notice
>   no changes with low loads, and increased scalability with large numbers
>   of processes, especially on large SMP systems.

I think we should mention excellent Con Kolivas contributions to the 2.6
kernel scheduler. He did a great job in tunning the scheduler for
maximum interactive feeling.