Re: Linux gets O(1) scheduler

On Friday 26 December 2003 04:51 pm, Jesper Louis Andersen wrote:

> The FreeBSD people has started to look at the ULE-scheduler which is
> an alternative to 44BSD. AFAIR this work is lead by Jeff Roberson,
> but I might be wrong. It incorporates a number of things from the
> O(1)-scheduler of Linux-fame. They are planning to make it the default
> scheduler after 5.2 has been released in order to stress it and see
> where it lacks power.

Who got what from where is unclear, but it's true that some of the performance 
claims associated with the Linux scheduler did inspire some of Jeff's work.  
Look at Jeff's ULE paper that was presented at the latest BSDCon.

	Sam