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Date:      Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:32:57 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
To:        George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas
Message-ID:  <202111301532.1AUFWvc6041330@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
In-Reply-To: <8a3b989f-cdeb-7371-6d75-caf14a1b6050@m5p.com>

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> On 11/30/21 06:53, Stefan Esser wrote:
> > Am 23.11.21 um 23:41 schrieb Joseph Mingrone:
> >> Hello FreeBSD community,
> >>
> >> The Foundation is seeking suggestions for new projects to support.  What
> >> gaps in the Project are not being addressed by the broader community?
> > 
> > The "new" ULE scheduler has a number of well-known issues, which leads
> > to the "old" BSD scheduler giving better performance on many systems
> > and loads, but is based on concepts that made sense in pre-SMP times.
> > 
> > [... a collection of highly salient points about both schedulers ...]
> 
> I'll second the recommendation to take a hard look at FreeBSD scheduling
> and to consider a brand new one.  At the same time, it would be most
> helpful if the choice of scheduler were a boot-time tunable.   -- George

I'll third it, I almost always switch to running the "old" BSD scheduler.

> > Regards, STefan

-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org



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