Re: a scheduling question

From: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mx_at_aldan.algebra.com>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 12:38:25 -0400
=In the last episode (May 19), Mikhail Teterin said:
=> Here is a top's snapshot from a dual CPU machine. Two lame encoders
=> compete for the first CPU, while the total idle time is 35.6%. Why is
=> that? Because they are nice? Is niceness really supposed to allow for
=> wasted CPU? Thanks!
=
=You're probably using SCHED_ULE?  Try with 4BSD.

Yes, I do. But is not SCHED_ULE considered a _better_ replacement for
SCHED_4BSD -- _especially_ on SMP systems (such as mine)?

Or is it now known to be problematic and (semi-) stable installations
should use 4BSD?

Thanks!

	-mi
Received on Thu May 20 2004 - 07:38:53 UTC

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