Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 02 Apr 2006 12:04:06 +1000 | From | Peter Williams <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.3.1 for 2.6.16-rc5 |
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Peter Williams wrote: > Peter Williams wrote: >> This version updates staircase scheduler to version 14.1 (thanks Con) >> and includes the latest smpnice patches >> >> A patch for 2.6.16-rc5 is available at: >> >> <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.3.1-for-2.6.16-rc5.patch?download> >> > > and for 2.6.16-rc5-mm1 at: > > <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.3.1-for-2.6.16-rc5-mm1.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, >> ingo_ll, nicksched, staircase, spa_no_frills, spa_ws, spa_svr, spa_ebs >> 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 > >
Now available for 2.6.16 at:
<http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.3.1-for-2.6.16.patch?download>
and 2.6.16-mm2 at:
<http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.3.1-for-2.6.16-mm2.patch?download>
Con and Nick, I've taken the liberty of modifying staircase and nicksched (in the 2.6.16-mm2 version) to support priority inheritance. I'd appreciate it if you could review the code?
Thanks, Peter -- Peter Williams pwil3058@bigpond.net.au
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