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From: Con Kolivas <conman@kolivas.net>
To: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>, Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
Subject: Re: [BENCHMARK] scheduler tunables with contest - prio_bonus_ratio
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 11:22:59 +1100
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>On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 19:02, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> What Con said.  When the scheduler makes an inappropriate decision,
>> shortening the timeslice minimises its impact.
>
>OK, I tried it.  It does suck.
>
>I wonder why, though, because with the estimator off the scheduler
>should not be making "bad" decisions.

Is it just because the base timeslices are longer than the old scheduler?

Con
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