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) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/