Re: [OKS] O(1) scheduler in 2.4

From: Tom Rini (trini@kernel.crashing.org)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 21:48:25 EST


On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 01:44:32AM +0200, J.A. Magallon wrote:
>
> On 2002.07.01 Tom Rini wrote:
> >On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 01:52:54PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> >
> >> What's the issue?
> >
> >b) 2.4 is the _stable_ tree. If every big change in 2.5 got back ported
> >to 2.4, it'd be just like 2.5 :)
>
> So you want to wait till 2.6.40 to be able to use a O1 scheduler on a
> kernel that does not eat up your drives ? (say, next year by this same month...)

I assume you mean 2.4.60 here, and no, I don't think O1 scheduler should
go into 2.4 ever. We're aiming for a _stable_ series here. Let me
stress that again, _stable_. I'd hope that 2.4.60 is as slow in coming
as 2.0.40 is.

> >c) I also suspect that it hasn't been as widley tested on !x86 as the
> >stuff currently in 2.4. And again, 2.4 is the stable tree.
>
> I know it is not a priority for 2.4, but say it wil never happen...

I won't say it will never happen, just that I don't think it should.
It's a rather invasive thing (and as Ingo said, it's just not getting
stable).

-- 
Tom Rini (TR1265)
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