Re: Post-halloween doc updates.

From: Dave Jones (davej_at_redhat.com)
Date: 10/31/03

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To: Felipe Alfaro Solana <felipe_alfaro@linuxmail.org>

    On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 12:11:52AM +0100, Felipe Alfaro Solana 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.

    With no disrespect to Con, I'm not going to do this, or I'll end up
    spending far too much time adding credits to everyone whoever improved
    something in 2.5. There's a place for such stuff, and it's aptly named
    'CREDITS' in toplevel of src dir.

                    Dave

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