Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:42:42 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > i trust you kernel developers know what you are doing, but if scares me > a little bit, that some integral and living part like O(1) being ripped off > and being replaced by something new. There's something even scarier - O(1) being

Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

>Having a framework for giving people the choice between different >solutions usually sounds good in theory, but in practice there's the >often underestimated high price of people using a different solution >instead of reporting a problem with one solution or people adding >features to only

Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

Having a framework for giving people the choice between different solutions usually sounds good in theory, but in practice there's the often underestimated high price of people using a different solution instead of reporting a problem with one solution or people adding features to only one of

Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:42:42 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: i trust you kernel developers know what you are doing, but if scares me a little bit, that some integral and living part like O(1) being ripped off and being replaced by something new. There's something even scarier - O(1) being

Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

* Peter Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Peter Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. > > > > hm, why is CFS in mainline a problem? > > It means a major rewrite of the plugsched interface and I'm

Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

* Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ingo Molnar wrote: * Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. hm, why is CFS in mainline a problem? It means a major rewrite of the plugsched interface and I'm not sure that

Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Peter Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. > > hm, why is CFS in mainline a problem? It means a major rewrite of the plugsched interface and I'm not sure that it's worth it (if CFS works well). However, note

Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:56:10AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 10:03:02PM -0700, Li, Tong N wrote: > > > > There are various metrics a scheduler may want to optimize for, such as > > throughput, response time, power consumption, fairness, and so on. Each > > of these may

Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

* Peter Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. hm, why is CFS in mainline a problem? The CFS merge should make the life of development/test patches like plugsched conceptually easier. (it will certainly cause a lot of churn, but

Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 10:03:02PM -0700, Li, Tong N wrote: > > There are various metrics a scheduler may want to optimize for, such as > throughput, response time, power consumption, fairness, and so on. Each > of these may also be defined differently in different environments. Take > fairness

Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 10:03:02PM -0700, Li, Tong N wrote: There are various metrics a scheduler may want to optimize for, such as throughput, response time, power consumption, fairness, and so on. Each of these may also be defined differently in different environments. Take fairness as an

Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

* Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. hm, why is CFS in mainline a problem? The CFS merge should make the life of development/test patches like plugsched conceptually easier. (it will certainly cause a lot of churn, but that's

Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:56:10AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 10:03:02PM -0700, Li, Tong N wrote: There are various metrics a scheduler may want to optimize for, such as throughput, response time, power consumption, fairness, and so on. Each of these may also be

Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

Ingo Molnar wrote: * Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. hm, why is CFS in mainline a problem? It means a major rewrite of the plugsched interface and I'm not sure that it's worth it (if CFS works well). However, note that I

RE: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

> -Original Message- > From: Adrian Bunk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 4:46 PM > To: Li, Tong N > Cc: Giuseppe Bilotta; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22 > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2007

Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 10:47:51AM -0700, Li, Tong N wrote: > > On Thursday 12 July 2007 00:17, Al Boldi wrote: > > > > > Peter Williams wrote: > > >> > > >> Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. > > > > > > What do you mean? A pluggable scheduler framework is indispensible

RE: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

> On Thursday 12 July 2007 00:17, Al Boldi wrote: > > > Peter Williams wrote: > >> > >> Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. > > > > What do you mean? A pluggable scheduler framework is indispensible even > in > > the presence of CFS or SD. > > Indeed, and I hope it gets

RE: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

On Thursday 12 July 2007 00:17, Al Boldi wrote: Peter Williams wrote: Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. What do you mean? A pluggable scheduler framework is indispensible even in the presence of CFS or SD. Indeed, and I hope it gets merged, giving

Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 10:47:51AM -0700, Li, Tong N wrote: On Thursday 12 July 2007 00:17, Al Boldi wrote: Peter Williams wrote: Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. What do you mean? A pluggable scheduler framework is indispensible even in the

RE: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

-Original Message- From: Adrian Bunk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 4:46 PM To: Li, Tong N Cc: Giuseppe Bilotta; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22 On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 10:47:51AM -0700, Li, Tong N

Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

On Thursday 12 July 2007 00:17, Al Boldi wrote: > Peter Williams wrote: >> >> Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. > > What do you mean? A pluggable scheduler framework is indispensible even in > the presence of CFS or SD. Indeed, and I hope it gets merged, giving

Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

On Thursday 12 July 2007 00:17, Al Boldi wrote: Peter Williams wrote: Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. What do you mean? A pluggable scheduler framework is indispensible even in the presence of CFS or SD. Indeed, and I hope it gets merged, giving people the

Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

Peter Williams wrote: > > Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. What do you mean? A pluggable scheduler framework is indispensible even in the presence of CFS or SD. > A patch for 2.6.22 is available at: > >

[ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. A patch for 2.6.22 is available at: Very Brief Documentation: You can select a default scheduler at kernel build time. If you wish to boot with a scheduler

[ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. A patch for 2.6.22 is available at: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/cpuse/plugsched-6.5.1-for-2.6.22.patch Very Brief Documentation: You can select a default scheduler at kernel build time. If you wish to boot with a scheduler

Re: [ANNOUNCE][RFC] PlugSched-6.5.1 for 2.6.22

Peter Williams wrote: Probably the last one now that CFS is in the main line :-(. What do you mean? A pluggable scheduler framework is indispensible even in the presence of CFS or SD. A patch for 2.6.22 is available at: