From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751678AbXCDNZ4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Mar 2007 08:25:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751689AbXCDNZ4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Mar 2007 08:25:56 -0500 Received: from vms044pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.44]:42516 "EHLO vms044pub.verizon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751674AbXCDNZz (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Mar 2007 08:25:55 -0500 Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:25:41 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] RSDL completely fair starvation free interactive cpu scheduler In-reply-to: <200703042346.04051.kernel@kolivas.org> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Con Kolivas , ck list Message-id: <200703040825.42047.gene.heskett@gmail.com> Organization: very little MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <200703041800.53360.kernel@kolivas.org> <200703040724.34321.gene.heskett@gmail.com> <200703042346.04051.kernel@kolivas.org> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 04 March 2007, Con Kolivas wrote: >On Sunday 04 March 2007 23:24, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Sunday 04 March 2007, Con Kolivas wrote: >> >On Sunday 04 March 2007 22:08, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> On Sunday 04 March 2007, Con Kolivas wrote: >> >> >This message is to announce the first general public release of >> >> > the "Rotating Staircase DeadLine" cpu scheduler. >> >> >> >> I assume to test this, we select the deadline scheduler? >> > >> >No, only the "deadline" in the name is shared. This is a cpu process >> > scheduler whereas the deadline scheduler you're thinking of is an >> > I/O scheduler. To test this you just patch it in and it replaces the >> > current mainline cpu scheduler (the same way the staircase cpu >> > scheduler in -ck replaces it). >> >> Oh, then I tried to put the -ck1 patch on top of that, and blew the >> tree up. I'd built it the first time with the deadline scheduler as >> the default while I was waiting on your reply. > >Yes, sorry. This is mutually exclusive with the -ck1 patch. It is a > standalone piece of code. I just this instant got it booted, what with building a driver for nvidia and all. I'll let you know what I think in a few hours after I've gotten a feel for it. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author)