Con Kolivas Returns, With a Desktop-Oriented Linux Scheduler 333
myvirtualid writes "Con Kolivas has done what he swore never to do: returned to the Linux kernel and written a new — and, according to him — waaay better scheduler for the desktop environment. In fact, BFS appears to outperform existing schedulers right up until one hits a 16-CPU machine, at which point he guesses performance would degrade somewhat. According to Kolivas, BFS 'was designed to be forward looking only, make the most of lower spec machines, and not scale to massive hardware. i.e. [sic] it is a desktop orientated scheduler, with extremely low latencies for excellent interactivity by design rather than 'calculated,' with rigid fairness, nice priority distribution and extreme scalability within normal load levels.'"
*sniff* (Score:5, Funny)
Re:BFS is the Brain Fuck Scheduler. (Score:5, Funny)
Another one for the Geeks-are-great-at-naming-things wall.
Cool, but what does that spec mean? (Score:0, Funny)
While I think it's great for Linux to have more choice in schedulers, I don't understand Con's spec at all:
Hang on there, something's not right with that logic:
1) If you're forward looking, how can you not scale beyond 16 cores? We're already at 8 cores on home boxes.
2) And if you're forward looking only, then how come that you're looking backwards at lower spec machines?
Whoever wrote that piece just produced a sound bite that's logically meaningless.
Re:BFS is the Brain Fuck Scheduler. (Score:1, Funny)
You looked at goatse and you liked it.
You know, I think I can see his brain right up at the end.
Welcome back Kolivas (Score:3, Funny)
Haven't run Linux as my personal OS since 2003 but I had a lot of time (pun intended) for CK's schedulers. Now a whole new generation of youngsters can finally learn what a _REAL_ LKML flamewar looks like ;-)
Re:*sniff* (Score:4, Funny)
I smell another LKML flamewar coming....
A flamewar on the LKML? Pfffffffffffft. Impossible. Never happened, never will happen.
Re:Linux gets Yet Another Scheduler (Score:3, Funny)
Re:great news (Score:3, Funny)
The sic is forward looking...
- Peder