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Bossa, a Framework for Scheduler Development
Eugenia writes "The recent activity in Linux kernel development caused by the introduction of a new scheduler by Ingo Molnar has emphasized for ordinary Linux users the importance of schedulers in modern operating systems. This article gives you a glimpse of what scheduling development is like by letting you implement your own Linux scheduler thanks to Bossa, a framework for scheduler development."
Most commodity computers can only run one process at a time
Ha, with Longhorn 2010XP+++ and Office 2012 I'll be able to have two Clippys simultaneously! Take that, hippy!
Trolling is a art,
...they said this story doesn't belong on the front page.
I see your FIFO scheduler and raise you my Elevator algorithm!
An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
I thought everone was using MS project. No?
parent poster is right. one of my wannabe-geek coworkers saw that and asked me, "doesn't evolution take care of your scheduling needs?" I am not joking. True story.
bash: rtfm: command not found
Depends how you pronounce it. If you pronounce it properly then it a vital part of the OS determining how the various running processes interact with the system, resources and each other. If you use the American pronunciation then its something KDE are probably working on to organise your time.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
it's probably called HURD. and will be ready next year.
I hope this succeeds, then gets improved upon in a second version. How cool would it be to be a part of the next project called... "Bossa Nova"?
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
10 penguins for anyone who can suggest a scheduler that taxes the stupid newbie programs with
while(1);
(/me too is a newbie)
The scheduler is the person on your project team who, after each week's schedule slips, tapes together the latest updated Gantt chart printouts into long banners and hangs them the walls.
In that case, it seems to be pretty easy to do so:
you: Honey, do you want to come home and see my new scheduler?
wife: Can you show it to me while I eat the leftover pizza, I'm hungry!
you: Sure, but please pay attention this time, it's really really cool and neat!
wife: That's what you said about your new Perl program, but it just looked like you banged on the keyboard for a couple of hours and held down the shift key.
Engineering and the Ultimate
Evolutionary algorithms are a wonderful new field of...
Oh.
I touch computers in naughty places
Yup. Looking at your posting history you're in need of it..