This is the 2.5.3-pre 5 version of the O(1) J7 runtime parameters patch. It should be applied over Ingo's J7 patch. With it, his compile time options are brought out into /proc/sys/sched for runtime manipulation. The perfomance hit by doing this is nearly in the noise, so it provides a handy means of perfomance analysis and tuning for both the developer as well as a performance conscious sysadmin type. In anything like this, use with care. Cheers, -- Jack F. Vogel IBM Linux Solutions jfv@us.ibm.com (work) jfv@Bluesong.NET (home)