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[News] Linus Replaces the Con Kolivas Scheduler with Something Much Better

  • Subject: [News] Linus Replaces the Con Kolivas Scheduler with Something Much Better
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:32:16 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Linux: Linus On CFS vs SD

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| "People who think SD was 'perfect' were simply ignoring reality," Linus 
| Torvalds began in a succinct explanation as to why he chose the CFS scheduler 
| written by Ingo Molnar instead of the SD scheduler written by Con Kolivas.  
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http://kerneltrap.org/node/14008

Also here:

http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/28/29

as I said before, _that_ was the recent CK left. His work is rendered obsolete
because the kernel resolves the problems he used to address. All in all, it's
good news to Linux.


Related:

CFS scheduler to appear in Linux kernel 2.6.23

,----[ Quote ]
| And also credit where credit's due, Con Kolivas was the first one to 
| prove via RSDL/SD that 'fair scheduling' is possible and that it 
| results in better desktop scheduling.
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http://www.linuxinsight.com/cfs-scheduler-to-appear-in-linux-kernel-2.6.23.html

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