Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:10:09 -0500 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | Re: Fall back io scheduler for 2.6.15? |
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In-Reply-To: <20060113174914.7907bf2c.akpm@osdl.org>
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:
> OK. And I assume that AS wasn't compiled, so that's why it fell back?
As of 2.6.15 you need to use "anticipatory" instead of "as".
Maybe this patch would help?
Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
--- 2.6.15a.orig/block/elevator.c +++ 2.6.15a/block/elevator.c @@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ static void elevator_setup_default(void) if (!chosen_elevator[0]) strcpy(chosen_elevator, CONFIG_DEFAULT_IOSCHED); + /* + * Be backwards-compatible with previous kernels, so users + * won't get the wrong elevator. + */ + if (!strcmp(chosen_elevator, "as")) + strcpy(chosen_elevator, "anticipatory"); + /* * If the given scheduler is not available, fall back to no-op. */ -- Chuck Currently reading: _Olympos_ by Dan Simmons - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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