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Linux Gets O(1) SMP Patch As Late Christmas Gift

Posted by timothy on from the punishing-those-greedy-processes dept.

bodin writes: "Now that new-year's parties are over things are getting boring again. For those who want to see and perhaps even try something more complex, Ingo Molnar is announcing this patch that is a pretty radical rewrite of the Linux scheduler. This is big stuff!"

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  1. Oxymoron by sydb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hehe!
    I liked O Xymoron's enthusiastic response:


    On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Ingo Molnar wrote:

    > this is more than 6 million context switches per second!

    Everyone knows scheduling is boring.

    :)

    --
    Yours Sincerely, Michael.
    1. Re:Oxymoron by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think that was referencing Linus's earlier comment that he wasn't worried about scheduling because it's so easy. It looks like Linus was right: Just wait around long enough and Ingo will write a new scheduler for you. :-)

  2. Ingo Molnar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    My name is Ingo Molnar. You killed my kernel. Prepare to die.

    Am I the only person that thinks that every time I see his name?