Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.1.3 for 2.6.13 and 2.6.14-rc4

[Peter Williams <pwil3058@bigpond.net.au>]

Peter Williams wrote:
> This version contains a new scheduler, spa_svr, which is a minor 
> extension of spa_no_frills intended for use on servers.  It makes no 
> attempt to improve interactive responsiveness but includes a simplified 
> version of the throughput bonus mechanism found in Zaphod.  This 
> mechanism attempts to minimize the time tasks spend on run queues 
> waiting for CPU access when the system is moderately loaded by giving 
> tasks temporary priority bonuses based on the relationship between the 
> recent average time spent on run queues and on a cpu per cycle. 
> (Although it's effectiveness tends to disappear when the system is fully 
> loaded, it is still useful as considerable delay can be seen on systems 
> with quite low average loads due to lack of serendipity.)
> 
> A patch for 2.6.14-rc4 is available at:
> 
> <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.1.3-for-2.6.14-rc4.patch?download> 
> 
> 
> and a patch to upgrade the 6.1.2 version for 2.6.13 to 6.1.3 is
> available at:
> 
> <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.1.2-to-6.1.3-for-2.6.13.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, spa_ws, spa_svr 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

A patch for the 2.6.14 official release kernel is now available at:

<http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.1.3-for-2.6.14.patch?download>

Peter
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Peter Williams                                   pwil3058@bigpond.net.au

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