Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:58:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:57:47 -0500 Received: from natwar.webmailer.de ([192.67.198.70]:12221 "EHLO post.webmailer.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:57:40 -0500 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 19:38:56 +0100 From: Kristian To: Brandon Low Cc: starfire@dplanet.ch, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New scheduler in 2.4. series? Message-Id: <20020205193856.7628dcb3.kristian.peters@korseby.net> In-Reply-To: <20020204163513.A31041@lostlogicx.com> In-Reply-To: <20020204231938.18755478.starfire@dplanet.ch> <20020204163513.A31041@lostlogicx.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.0claws5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-redhat-linux) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Brandon Low wrote: > Seeing the new scheduler in 2.4 would be nice! However, soon wouldn't be nice, because there are a lot of 3rd party kernel > modules that try to make calls against the old scheduler that don't seem to work. My personal case in point is Bestcrypt > ( www.jetico.sci.fi ). Just my thoughts on the matter. If you're speaking of Ingo's O1-scheduler I won't vote for inclusion now. I still have some trouble with high priority nice levels (renice -20). For some seconds the system gets totally unresponsive for user requests while switching between those processes. The last one I've tried was J2. *Kristian :... [snd.science] ...: :: :: http://www.korseby.net :: http://gsmp.sf.net :.........................:: ~/$ kristian@korseby.net : - 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/