* Rene Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 08/03/2007 03:19 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > One of the authors of the IO scheduler code said it on lkml recently > > that while modularization of IO scheduler had advantages too, in > > retrospect he wishes they would not have made IO schedulers modular > > and now that decision cannot be undone. > > Just as a matter of interest -- why can't it? (a pointer to a list > archive if you have one, or a name so I can look for it myself if you > don't, will do as answer).
some apps depend on AS, some on CFQ, and once you expose something to users it's _very_ hard to remove it, even if the technical arguments are strong. http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2007/04/16/23 Ingo - 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/
