From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262425AbTJaARa (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:17:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262443AbTJaARa (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:17:30 -0500 Received: from delerium.codemonkey.org.uk ([81.187.208.145]:6541 "EHLO delerium.codemonkey.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262425AbTJaAR3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2003 19:17:29 -0500 Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:16:08 +0000 From: Dave Jones To: Felipe Alfaro Solana Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Post-halloween doc updates. Message-ID: <20031031001608.GJ11311@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Felipe Alfaro Solana , Linux Kernel References: <20031030141519.GA10700@redhat.com> <1067555512.16868.2.camel@glass.felipe-alfaro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1067555512.16868.2.camel@glass.felipe-alfaro.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 12:11:52AM +0100, Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote: > > Process scheduler improvements. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > - Another much talked about feature. Ingo Molnar reworked the process > > scheduler to use an O(1) algorithm. In operation, you should notice > > no changes with low loads, and increased scalability with large numbers > > of processes, especially on large SMP systems. > > I think we should mention excellent Con Kolivas contributions to the 2.6 > kernel scheduler. He did a great job in tunning the scheduler for > maximum interactive feeling. With no disrespect to Con, I'm not going to do this, or I'll end up spending far too much time adding credits to everyone whoever improved something in 2.5. There's a place for such stuff, and it's aptly named 'CREDITS' in toplevel of src dir. Dave