Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: BFS v0.311 CPU scheduler for 2.6.32 | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Date | Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:59:39 +0100 |
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On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 09:37 +1100, Con Kolivas wrote: > On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:12:58 Christoph Lameter wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, Con Kolivas wrote: > > > On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:10:39 Christoph Lameter wrote: > > > > Could you make the scheduler build time configurable instead of > > > > replacing the existing one? Embedded folks in particular may love a low > > > > footprint scheduler. > > > > > > It's not a bad idea, but the kernel still needs to be patched either way. > > > To get BFS they'd need to patch the kernel. If they didn't want BFS, they > > > wouldn't patch it in the first place. > > > > BFS would have a chance to be merged as an alternate scheduler for > > specialized situations (such as embedded or desktop use). > > > > Nice idea, but regardless of who else might want that, the mainline > maintainers have already made it clear they do not.
Hm. You made it very clear from the onset that BFS was not intended to be a merge candidate. Of course, you're free to change your mind any time you feel like it.
-Mike
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