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Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:14:56 +1000
From: Peter Williams <pwil3058@bigpond.net.au>
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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-5.2.3 for 2.6.12 and 2.6.13-rc3
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Peter Williams wrote:
> This version contains minor bug fixes and improvements to spa_no_frills 
> and zaphod schedulers including changes to the default configuration 
> parameters for zaphod that take into account the results of tests using 
> Con Kolivas's new (and very useful) interbench benchmark tool.
> 
> A patch from Plugsched-5.2.2 to PlugSched-5.2.3 for 2.6.12 is available at:
> 
> <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-5.2.2-to-5.2.3-for-2.6.12.patch?download> 
> 
> 
> and a full patch for 2.6.13-rc3 is available at:
> 
> <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-5.2.3-for-2.6.13-rc3.patch?download> 

and for 2.6.13-rc3-mm1 at:

<http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-5.2.3-for-2.6.13-rc3-mm1.patch?download>

> 
> 
> 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=<scheduler>
> 
> to the boot command line where <scheduler> is one of: ingosched,
> nicksched, staircase, spa_no_frills 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/<scheduler>/

Peter
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Peter Williams                                   pwil3058@bigpond.net.au

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
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