new scheduler

[Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org>]

Hi,

I am currently planning a new scheduler for Linux
and I was wondering what features from the following
list are most important to you (the implementation
has to remain leight-weight, so we will have to
choose).

- better realtime scheduling
- better throughput (on SMP systems) by less memory contention
  and less unneeded context switches
- better interactive response under load
- load-isolation between users (if user A and B run
  processes and A has 10 and B only 1, it would be
  fairer if both users each got 50% of the CPU)
- simplicity, less overhead
- larger difference between niced and non-niced CPU
  usage

For the technically minded: the scheduler will be a
variation on the scheduler mechanism we've got right
now, as it's quite leightweight and functional and I
don't see any problems that can't be fixed within
the framework of the current system

Rik -- Open Source: you deserve to be in control of your data.
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