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SubjectRe: BFS v0.311 CPU scheduler for 2.6.32
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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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