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Tuning The Kernel With A Genetic Algorithm

fsck! writes "Jake Moilanen provided a series of four patches against the 2.6.9 Linux kernel that introduce a simple genetic algorithm used for automatic tuning. The patches update the anticipatory IO scheduler and the zaphod CPU scheduler to both use the new in-kernel library, theoretically allowing them to automatically tune themselves for the best possible performance for any given workload. Jake says, 'using these patches, there are small gains (1-3%) in Unixbench & SpecJBB. I am hoping a scheduler guru will able to rework them to give higher gains.'"

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  1. Dear Kernel Coders by simpleguy · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thank you for concentrating more on code to avoid things like http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0021-uselib.tx t

    It will be much more appreciated over here.

    1. Re:Dear Kernel Coders by Sneakums · · Score: -1, Troll

      If you want OpenBSD, you know where to find it.

  2. Re:Simulated Annealing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Simulated anal is nice for the camera, but your mother settled for nothing less than the real thing.

  3. Re:Moderators on drugs? by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 0, Troll

    WTF was that? Some damned codec that neither quicktime nor windows media player understands, that's what.

    Which means that you proved your point beautifully -- people who use linux for a desktop often have absolutely no idea what the rest of the world does with computers.