Re: [RFC 4/4] Documentation/scheduler/sched-deadline.txt: add some references

[Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@unitn.it>]

On 04/09/2015 11:44 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 09, 2015 at 11:39:08AM +0200, Henrik Austad wrote:
>>> + CPUs, with the first M - 1 tasks having a small worst case execution time
>>> + WCET_i=e and period equal to relative deadline P_i=D_i=P-1. The last task
>>
>> Normally, 'e' is used to denote an _arbitrarily_ small value, and I suspect
>> that this is indeed the case here as well (you're going to describe
>> Dhall's effect, right?). Perhaps make that point explicit?
>>
>>       T_i = {P_i, e, P_i}
>
> We're talking about \epsilon here, right?
Right. I used "e" to make the thing more readable in a simple text document.

> Is it customary to use a regular 'e' in CS literature for that?
I do not know... I just wanted to use one single character, and to avoid the "\"
(which only makes sense to people using latex :)

But if you want I can use "epsilon" or "\epsilon"... Let me know


			Thanks,
				Luca