From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 15 18:18:22 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0DB716A419 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:18:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Received: from pukruppa.net (pukruppa.net [213.146.114.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1098D13C44B for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:18:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Received: from pukruppa.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pukruppa.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l9FIICrw032331; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:18:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Received: from localhost (ulrich@localhost) by pukruppa.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) with ESMTP id l9FIIBo0032328; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:18:12 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ulrich@pukruppa.net) Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:18:11 +0200 (CEST) From: "P.U.Kruppa" X-X-Sender: ulrich@small To: Ken Smith In-Reply-To: <1192464248.95331.22.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> Message-ID: <20071015201712.Q1559@small> References: <1192464248.95331.22.camel@opus.cse.buffalo.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: ULE scheduler coming to 8.0-CURRENT soon... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:18:22 -0000 On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Ken Smith wrote: > > I think it's fairly common knowledge by now but... The ULE scheduler is > "back" and has been doing VERY nicely. We actually had an internal > discussion about making it the default for 7.0. In the end it was > decided that ULE "just barely missed the bus". Its performance makes > giving it a try once 7.0 comes out definitely worthwhile but it was just > barely "too new" for us to be truly comfortable with changing it to be > the default. We'd like it to have the exposure of one release cycle > (7.0-REL) before it becomes the default. For now we're planning to make > it the default for 7.1-REL. > > To that end either Jeff or I will be switching the default scheduler in > 8.0-CURRENT for the amd64 and i386 architectures over to ULE in a couple > days (Wednesday-ish). But it is and will be available for 7.0 ??? Regards, Uli. > > -- > Ken Smith > - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu > there, funny things are everywhere. | > - Theodore Geisel | > > Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany