From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932120AbWDYSFW (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:05:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932131AbWDYSFW (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:05:22 -0400 Received: from mail.linicks.net ([217.204.244.146]:23777 "EHLO linux233.linicks.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932120AbWDYSFV (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:05:21 -0400 From: Nick Warne To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: scheduler question 2.6.16.x Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:05:18 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200604251905.19004.nick@linicks.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi all, I see in menuconfig I have two options: <*> Anticipatory I/O scheduler <*> Deadline I/O scheduler Help reveals Anticipatory is pretty good, but make a slightly larger kernel - Deadline help says it a good alternative to Anticipatory. But I can build both in... so I guess then the kernel decides what is the best to use? Or should it be so I am only allowed to select one or the other and allowing both is an oversight? Thanks, Nick -- "Person who say it cannot be done should not interrupt person doing it." -Chinese Proverb