Linux 2.6.23 Kernel Benchmarks
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| The Linux 2.6.23 kernel has been released today and we have some preliminary
| benchmarks of the 2.6.23 kernel as we compare it to the past Linux 2.6.22
| kernel. We will have more on the Linux 2.6.23 kernel once we have tested it
| more extensively, but the benchmarks we have ran so far include Quake 4, LAME
| encoding, Gzip compression, and RAMspeed.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=872&num=1
Linux Kernel Gets 'Fair'
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| The 2.6.24 kernel is expected to include a number of networking related
| enhancements that will expand functionality and improve performance.
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http://www.internetnews.com/article.php/3704396
Linux Kernel 2.6.23 = Win for Xen and KVM and a loss for VMware
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| VMware Server users on the other hand are getting the proverbial shaft.
| Kernel 2.6.23 has one MAJOR change and one minor change that completely break
| VMware Server.
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http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/10/linux-kernel-2623-win-for-xen-and-kvm-and-a-loss-for-vmware
Good for open source hypervisors and bad for proprietary software.
Related:
CFS scheduler to appear in Linux kernel 2.6.23
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| 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
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
CFS scheduler v20 for v2.6.22.5, v2.6.21.7 and v2.6.20.16
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| Ingo Molnar has just released a version 20 of his controversial CFS scheduler
| (currently added to 2.6.23-rc* series) for many old kernel releas..
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http://lkmltimes.brucalipto.org/news/cfs-scheduler-v20-for-v26225-v26217-and-v262016/
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