Re: [RFC][PATCH] SCHED_EDF scheduling class

[Claudio Scordino <claudio@evidence.eu.com>]

> This implementation is part of a FP7 European project called ACTORS,
> and financially supported by the European commission
> (see http://www.actors-project.eu).
> 
> The involved partners (which include Ericsson Research, Evidence Srl,
> AKAtech) strongly believe that a general-purpose operating system like
> Linux should provide a standard real-time scheduling policy (like the
> one implemented in this patch) still allowing to schedule non-real-time
> tasks in the usual way.

Hi Peter, hi all,

      note that the request of having an EDF scheduling class integrated 
in the mainline kernel does not come from academy, but comes from industry.

In particular, at least the following companies are interested in this 
feature:

1. ERICSSON AB (http://www.ericsson.com)

2. Evidence Srl (http://www.evidence.eu.com): who implemented the code

3. AKAtech (http://www.akatech.ch)

4. Qprel (http://www.qprel.com)

5. Tertium technology (http://www.tertiumtechnology.com)

6. M2Tech (http://www.m2tech.biz)


Then, there are _also_ some universities and research centers:

1. Scuola Sant'Anna, Italy

2. University of Pisa, Italy

3. Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden

4. Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany

5. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Swiss

But I guess there are other companies and institutions interested, out 
there...

Cheers,

            Claudio