Re: Post-halloween doc updates.

From: Felipe Alfaro Solana (felipe_alfaro_at_linuxmail.org)
Date: 10/31/03

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    To: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:11:52 +0100

    On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 15:15, Dave Jones wrote:

    > Process scheduler improvements.
    > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > - Another much talked about feature. Ingo Molnar reworked the process
    > scheduler to use an O(1) algorithm. In operation, you should notice
    > no changes with low loads, and increased scalability with large numbers
    > of processes, especially on large SMP systems.

    I think we should mention excellent Con Kolivas contributions to the 2.6
    kernel scheduler. He did a great job in tunning the scheduler for
    maximum interactive feeling.

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