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Date:      Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:49:23 -0000
From:      "Paul Robinson" <paul@iconoplex.co.uk>
To:        "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@yahoo.com>, <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Disk scheduling in FreeBSD 
Message-ID:  <IPEDKJGCDFHOPEFKLIDHGEAICDAA.paul@iconoplex.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20030228035736.81835.qmail@web13404.mail.yahoo.com>

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> FWIW,
>
> Although the original anticipatory scheduler prototype
> was made for FreeBSD, it cannot be used in the base
> system, unless reimplemented, due to the license. I
> wonder if the Linux guys redid it or simply didn't
> notice.
>
> The option of configuring it for runtime is welcome, I
> think.

The license is actually BSD. Or at least, the one I saw last night had a
remarable resemblance to it. :-) The author of the implementation has also
stated in an e-mail to me that he is happy for a BSD-based production-ready
derivative to be produced based on his code.


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