Re: new scheduler

[Tigran Aivazian <tigran@sco.COM>]

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Rik van Riel wrote:

> 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 throughput (on SMP systems) by less memory contention
>   and less unneeded context switches
> - simplicity, less overhead
The above, to me are the most important, because:

a) better throughput, so I can solve Einstein equations quicker (and build
my Time Machine in 10 years instead of planned 75)

b) simplicity, so I can understand, improve it, fix all bugs in it and
send you the patch :)

Regards,
Tigran.

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