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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. Warm Fuzzy by p3d0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Wow. I read this guy's description of what he has done. I hope he's a teacher, because his explanation of those complex issues was a joy to read.

    I have a BP6 dual-celeron Debian machine which already gives me the benefits of countless hours of volunteer time, including the SMP kernel and ReiserFS, along with dozens of free development tools. Now I see this guy working like a dog to tune the heck out of the scheduler for SMP machines, and I know that when I eventually run the 2.6 kernel, I'm again going to reap the benefits of his work.

    It's almost enough to make me learn to hack the Linux kernel out of a sense of obligation.

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