Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:40:07 +0100 From: "TooMany Secrets" <toomany@toomany.net> To: "Stephen Montgomery-Smith" <stephen@math.missouri.edu> Cc: "Jason C. Wells" <jcw@highperformance.net>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Scheduler in Various Docs Message-ID: <e8b5dfd50801201040s755d7dc4p962095d63b57503a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47938F21.6020308@math.missouri.edu> References: <479388C0.50507@highperformance.net> <47938F21.6020308@math.missouri.edu>
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On 1/20/08, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> wrote: > Jason C. Wells wrote: > > The comments regarding SCHED_ULE and SCHED_4BSD are inconsistent with > > information found in the email archives. LINT says ULE is experimental. > > The handbook doesn't mention ULE at all. The archives say ULE is the > > new recommended scheduler. > > > > If ULE is in fact the current recommendation, then a few docs need to be > > updated. > > To add to Jason's point - why does GENERIC still default to SCHED_4BSD? > Are there plans to change this before 7.0 is truly released? Excuse me for my bad english... This question was mentioned two or three months ago. The answer was that in 7.1, after the ULE will be tested in 7.0, it will be the defacto scheduler in FreeBSD. First, the scheduler need the best benchark in the world; a few thousand users testing in real-life situations on a daily basis. Regards. -- Have a nice day ;-) TooManySecrets ============================ Dijo Confucio: "Exígete mucho a ti mismo y espera poco de los demás. Así te ahorrarás disgustos." ============================
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