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SubjectRe: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.1.1 for 2.6.13 and 2.6.13-mm2
Peter Williams wrote:
> This version contains minor code cleanups and more modifications to the
> spa_ws scheduler to improve its interactive responsiveness. This
> modification includes control parameters for the identification of
> "media streaming" tasks. The default values for these parameters are
> set based on observations of RealPlayer and the parameters of the video
> and audio benchmarks in Con Kolivas's interbench test and, therefore,
> may need adjusting for other programs.
>
> A patch for 2.6.13-mm2 is available at:
>
> <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.1.1-for-2.6.13-mm2.patch?download>
>
>
> and a patch to upgrade the 6.1 for 2.6.13 to 6.1.1 is available at:
>
> <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.1-to-6.1.1-for-2.6.13.patch?download>
>
>
> Very Brief Documentation:
>
> You can select a default scheduler at kernel build time. If you wish to
> boot with a scheduler other than the default it can be selected at boot
> time by adding:
>
> cpusched=<scheduler>
>
> to the boot command line where <scheduler> is one of: ingosched,
> nicksched, staircase, spa_no_frills, spa_ws or zaphod. If you don't
> change the default when you build the kernel the default scheduler will
> be ingosched (which is the normal scheduler).
>
> The scheduler in force on a running system can be determined by the
> contents of:
>
> /proc/scheduler
>
> Control parameters for the scheduler can be read/set via files in:
>
> /sys/cpusched/<scheduler>/
>
> Peter

A patch for 2.6.14-rc1 is available at:

<http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.1.1-for-2.6.14-rc1.patch?download>

Peter
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Peter Williams pwil3058@bigpond.net.au

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
-- Ambrose Bierce
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