From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932439AbVIMIPU (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 04:15:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932440AbVIMIPT (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 04:15:19 -0400 Received: from omta01ps.mx.bigpond.com ([144.140.82.153]:23689 "EHLO omta01ps.mx.bigpond.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932439AbVIMIPS (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 04:15:18 -0400 Message-ID: <43268A93.9010800@bigpond.net.au> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 18:15:15 +1000 From: Peter Williams User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050720) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux Kernel Mailing List CC: Chris Han , Con Kolivas , William Lee Irwin III , Jake Moilanen Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.1.1 for 2.6.13 and 2.6.13-mm2 References: <4323896F.5050703@bigpond.net.au> In-Reply-To: <4323896F.5050703@bigpond.net.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at omta01ps.mx.bigpond.com from [147.10.133.38] using ID pwil3058@bigpond.net.au at Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:15:15 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Peter Williams wrote: > This version contains minor code cleanups and more modifications to the > spa_ws scheduler to improve its interactive responsiveness. This > modification includes control parameters for the identification of > "media streaming" tasks. The default values for these parameters are > set based on observations of RealPlayer and the parameters of the video > and audio benchmarks in Con Kolivas's interbench test and, therefore, > may need adjusting for other programs. > > A patch for 2.6.13-mm2 is available at: > > > > > and a patch to upgrade the 6.1 for 2.6.13 to 6.1.1 is available at: > > > > > 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= > > to the boot command line where is one of: ingosched, > nicksched, staircase, spa_no_frills, spa_ws 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// > > Peter A patch for 2.6.14-rc1 is available at: Peter -- Peter Williams pwil3058@bigpond.net.au "Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious." -- Ambrose Bierce