Re: [SHED] Questions.

From: Nick Piggin (piggin_at_cyberone.com.au)
Date: 08/31/03

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    Date:	Sun, 31 Aug 2003 20:41:01 +1000
    To: Ian Kumlien <pomac@vapor.com>
    
    

    Ian Kumlien wrote:

    >On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 12:17, Nick Piggin wrote:
    >
    >>Search for "Nick's scheduler policy" ;)
    >>
    >
    >Heh, yeah, i have been following your and con's work via
    >marc.theaimsgroup.com. =)
    >

    Well, my patch does almost exactly what you describe.

    >
    >But wouldn't ingos off the shelf stuff work better with the quantum
    >values like that?
    >

    That means more complexity and behaviour that is more difficult
    to trace. The interactivity stuff is already a monster to tune.

    >
    >And is the preempt min quantum in there?
    >

    No. If you do that, you'll either break the priority concept very
    badly, or you'll break it a little bit and turn the scheduler into
    an O(n) one.

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