2004-11-11 00:34:36

by Christian Kujau

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Subject: [PATCH] minor scheduler documentation fix

--- linux-2.6-BK/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt 2004-11-10 22:57:34.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6-BK/Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt.edited 2004-11-11 00:55:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
Tuning the anticipatory IO scheduler
------------------------------------
When using 'as', the anticipatory IO scheduler there are 5 parameters under
-/sys/block/*/iosched/. All are units of milliseconds.
+/sys/block/*/queue/iosched/. All are units of milliseconds.

The parameters are:
* read_expire
--- linux-2.6-BK/Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt 2004-11-10 22:57:34.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6-BK/Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt.edited 2004-11-11 00:56:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
tunables control how the io scheduler works. You can find these entries
in:

-/sys/block/<device>/iosched
+/sys/block/<device>/queue/iosched

assuming that you have sysfs mounted on /sys. If you don't have sysfs mounted,
you can do so by typing:
--- linux-2.6-BK/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2004-11-10 22:57:33.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6-BK/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.edited 2004-11-11 01:03:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -404,7 +404,8 @@

elevator= [IOSCHED]
Format: {"as"|"cfq"|"deadline"|"noop"}
- See Documentation/as-iosched.txt for details
+ See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt
+ and Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.

es1370= [HW,OSS]
Format: <lineout>[,<micbias>]


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2004-11-11 06:40:50

by Jens Axboe

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] minor scheduler documentation fix

On Thu, Nov 11 2004, Christian Kujau wrote:
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> hi,
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> i'm using the CFQ scheduler for my desktop now. on the way to the right
> docs i stumbled over these little things. please apply.

Thanks, I'll add docs for CFQ as well.

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Jens Axboe