On Saturday 05 February 2005 22:21, Fernando Fernández Pedraza wrote: >Hi folks, > >I've been trying to play with this new I/O scheduler thing. I'd like >to try 'as' (anticipatory scheduler) and probably some more to see >which one performs better in my desktop. > >I am running FC3 with a stock 2.6.10 kernel, the relevant .config >lines are these: > CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y > CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=y > CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=y > CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ=y > >And also I remembered to activate elevator=as in grub.conf: > root (hd0,1) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10ffp ro root=/dev/hda2 selinux=0 > elevator=as rhgb initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.10ffp.img > >BUT, i think it has not worked as I wanted, the active scheduler is > 'noop': > > # cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler > [noop] > >And also the running config is not exactly as desired: > # zcat /proc/config.gz | grep SCHED > CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y > CONFIG_IOSCHED_AS=m > CONFIG_IOSCHED_DEADLINE=m > CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ=m > >I don't know what I've done wrong. If some kernel guru is around I'd >like some advice. >Thanks a lot. It sounds to me as if you are not running the kernel you built. What does a 'uname -r' return? And does that compare to the version set as the default in your grub.conf? >-- >** las máquinas son amigas ** -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.32% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.