[ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-5.2.2 for 2.6.12 and 2.6.12-mm2

[ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-5.2.2 for 2.6.12 and 2.6.12-mm2

[Peter Williams]

PlugSched-5.2.2 is available for 2.6.12 and 2.6.12-mm2 kernels.  This
version applies Con Kolivas's latest modification to his "nice" aware
SMP load balancing patches.

A patch to bring PlugSched-5.2.1 for 2.6.12 to PlugSched-5.2.2 is
available at:

<http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-5.2.1-to-5.2.2-for-2.6.12.patch?download>

A patch for 2.6.12-mm2 is available at:

<http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-5.2.2-for-2.6.12-mm2.patch?download>

Very Brief Documentation:

You can select a default scheduler at kernel build time.  If you wish to
boot with a scheduler other than the default it can be selected at boot
time by adding:

cpusched=<scheduler>

to the boot command line where <scheduler> is one of: ingosched,
nicksched, staircase, spa_no_frills or zaphod.  If you don't change the
default when you build the kernel the default scheduler will be
ingosched (which is the normal scheduler).

The scheduler in force on a running system can be determined by the
contents of:

/proc/scheduler

Control parameters for the scheduler can be read/set via files in:

/sys/cpusched/<scheduler>/

Peter
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Peter Williams                                   pwil3058@bigpond.net.au

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
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