Con Kolivas releases BFS, alternative to mainline scheduler
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Re: Con Kolivas releases BFS, alternative to mainline scheduler
#2OMG! He came back!
Edit: Explanation is due. Years ago, Con split from dev:
http://apcmag.com/why_i_quit_kernel_developer_con_kolivas.ht...
Re: Con Kolivas releases BFS, alternative to mainline scheduler
#3Good to see Con back. But three letter acronyms have too many collisions and this is one of those cases.
As soon as I saw the title of this post, I was instantly reminded of BFS - the Be File System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_File_System
Although in this case it's a Kernel scheduler rather than a Kernel mode Filesystem driver (even though Linux already has kernel module named bfs - Boot File System!) - indeed a TLA may have been a poor choice for a really useful project!
Re: Con Kolivas releases BFS, alternative to mainline scheduler
#4Looks like good work.
And there are those that say the kernel should be monolithic still.
Re: Con Kolivas releases BFS, alternative to mainline scheduler
#5This is very exciting. I use Linux on my desktop, laptop, servers, and embedded devices. I was getting kind of tired of the latency tradeoffs made to improve throughput. The kernel developers are really good at what they do, but like most geeks, sometimes they need a virtual kick in the head to realize that there might be a better way to do something. I'll be trying out his new scheduler as soon as I get a chance to compile a new kernel. I hope it works with the realtime patches.
Re: Con Kolivas releases BFS, alternative to mainline scheduler
#6This is awesome, Con may have battled with the Kernel Devs in the past, however his focus on improving scheduling for desktop Linux is commendable.
I for one would like to see a module or kernel for Ubuntu Jaunty that we can install from apt to play and test this baby.
D.
Re: Con Kolivas releases BFS, alternative to mainline scheduler
#7Good to see Con back. But three letter acronyms have too many collisions and this is one of those cases. As soon as I saw the title of this post, I was instantly reminded of BFS - the Be File System http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_File_System Although in this case it's a Kernel scheduler rather than a Kernel mode Filesystem driver (even though Linux already has kernel module named bfs - Boot File System!) - indeed a…
Was your use of an acronym for three letter acronym that is ambiguous and could refer to two letter acronyms, three letter acronyms, or even three-hundred letter acronyms intentional?
Re: Con Kolivas releases BFS, alternative to mainline scheduler
#8XKCD comic mentioned in article: http://xkcd.com/619/
Re: Con Kolivas releases BFS, alternative to mainline scheduler
#9This is awesome, Con may have battled with the Kernel Devs in the past, however his focus on improving scheduling for desktop Linux is commendable. I for one would like to see a module or kernel for Ubuntu Jaunty that we can install from apt to play and test this baby. D.
God damn do I hope nobody distributes a build of this for ubuntards to use!
Con's original scheduler had no chance of becoming the vanilla scheduler, as it was in no way general purpose, had a number of regressions, and he was a dick about the whole thing (in a community of assholes!). He was also insistent on making the scheduler modular, something that Linus and his lieutenants rightly refused outright. This new scheduler seems to amplify all the bad qualities of his last one.
Something I found quite distasteful in the CFS battle was the way he gathered a noisy following of clueless newbies/tweakers using his kernel that made it very hard to have any honest discussion of the matter. Repeating that again with a much larger and more adolescent crowd of Ubuntu users would be really annoying.
Re: Con Kolivas releases BFS, alternative to mainline scheduler
#10This is awesome, Con may have battled with the Kernel Devs in the past, however his focus on improving scheduling for desktop Linux is commendable. I for one would like to see a module or kernel for Ubuntu Jaunty that we can install from apt to play and test this baby. D.
God damn do I hope nobody distributes a build of this for ubuntards to use! Con's original scheduler had no chance of becoming the vanilla scheduler, as it was in no way general purpose, had a number of regressions, and he was a dick about the whole thing (in a community of assholes!). He was also insistent on making the scheduler modular, something that Linus and his lieutenants rightly refused outright. This new sc…
sigh
What's with the attitude? A lot of people use Ubuntu, why not have a scheduler that caters to their needs? Your sneering at 'ubuntards' is just petty.