Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:08:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:08:43 -0500 Received: from perninha.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.156]:14096 "HELO perninha.conectiva.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:08:34 -0500 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:08:26 -0200 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: To: Thomas Koeller Cc: Subject: Re: Scheduling of low-priority background processes In-Reply-To: <01110521533900.00641@sarkovy.koeller.org> Message-ID: X-supervisor: aardvark@nl.linux.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Thomas Koeller wrote: > So here is my question: > > Some operating systems I have been working with had a scheduling > policy different from what I find in Linux. I'm not sure what you want to ask, though I guess you're not too happy about the fact that niced processes still get a lot of CPU time in Linux ;) If this was what you wanted to say, this is something I've been planning to fix for a while and, now that my VM has been removed from the kernel, I'll have some time for too... cheers, Rik -- DMCA, SSSCA, W3C? Who cares? http://thefreeworld.net/ (volunteers needed) http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/