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Anticipatory Scheduler in Kernel 2.5+ Benchmarked

Posted by timothy on from the knew-you-were-going-to-say-that dept.

gmuslera points to this article at KernelTrap comparing available benchmarks for schedulers available for the 2.5 kernel, with the 2.4's scheduler as a reference poin. "In some cases, the new Anticipatory Scheduler performs several times better than the others, doing a task in a few seconds instead minutes like the others."

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  1. Anticipatory by daeley · · Score: 4, Funny

    Somehow, I just *knew* this was coming. ;)

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    1. Re:Anticipatory by nairnr · · Score: 4, Funny

      Just like they couldn't anticipate the Slashdotting they were about to receive...

    2. Re:Anticipatory by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 5, Funny

      I totally agree, but do find it sad that Apple spent all the time and effort only to find that creating an OS was beyond them, so they chucked it all out and went for Unix. And Unix had been there for them all along.

      C'mon, try grounding your trolling in reality next time. Scheduling on OSX is handled by Mach, which was developed at CMU by Avi Tevanian, developed at NeXT and brought up to 3.0 at Apple.

      Apple uses BSD for its UNIX compatibilty layer, but that doesn't handle scheduling, which is what this article is about.

      Now, if you want to say Apple was dumb for chucking A/UX in the early nineties, then that'd make a much better troll.

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  2. Ohh the agony... by Sayten241 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The anticipation is killing me .

  3. Obvious joke... by ChangeOnInstall · · Score: 4, Funny

    If only kerneltrap.org were running the new schedu... oh, never mind.

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  4. unfotunately by DonkeyJimmy · · Score: 5, Funny

    In some cases, the new Anticipatory Scheduler performs several times better than the others, doing a task in a few seconds instead minutes like the others.

    The task in question was anticipating things, so the test might not be all that fair.

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  5. Poin..... by akiy · · Score: 5, Funny
    "with the 2.4's scheduler as a reference poin."

    I'm still anticipating the "t" in "point" myself...

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    1. Re:Poin..... by Mark+(ph'x) · · Score: 5, Funny

      Funny though... on my screen the first thing my brain interpreted that to: 'reference porn'

      I think i need help...

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  6. Article text in case of /. effect: by Mr.+Sketch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too many connections

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  7. Anti-slashdotting? by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 5, Funny
    Too many connections

    You know, you can ALMOST feel an admin over there just itching to type in "Fuck you Taco! And your site!" instead of the connection stuff...

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  8. Microsoft version: by DonkeyJimmy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Me: Computer, I would like to open Netscape
    Computer: I have anticipated you would like to open IE and have already opened it for you.
    Me: Ok, then I would like to go to the game review site to see what I want to buy.
    Computer: I have already begun the download of the new Age of Empires game, your account has been charged.
    Me: Can I at least go to the bathroom?
    Computer: No.

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    1. Re:Microsoft version: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Me: I would like to upda...
      Computer: I have already run auto update. all your warez are belong to us.

  9. It's about time... by FyRE666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... the Mozilla developers added a special "Slashdotted" plugin you know. So you could launch a special tab that would keep hammering away at a site in the background until it did bloodywell load ;-)

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  10. Re:Great! by Xunker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quoeth the driver:

    * These chips are basically fucked by design, and getting this driver
    * to work on every motherboard design that uses this screwed chip seems
    * bloody well impossible. However, we're still trying.

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  11. Rocky Horror Linux Show by fr2asbury · · Score: 4, Funny
    I see you shiver with antici - - - - (Say it!) - - - (Consti!) - - - pation!

    ;-)

  12. Re:Don't click that link by Trogre · · Score: 4, Funny

    iptables: "Httpd, we've lost our port 80 packet deflectors"
    httpd: "Intensify the firewall, I don't want anything to get through."
    iptables: "Httpd, look!"
    httpd: "INTENSIFY THE FIREWALL!"
    iptables: "Too late!"

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