Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.3.1 for 2.6.16-rc5

[Peter Williams <pwil3058@bigpond.net.au>]

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

"Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious."
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