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Intel Chief Evangelist Comments on Linux Scheduler

Posted by Zonk on from the little-penguins-everywhere dept.

ByeByeWintel writes "James Reinders is Intel's Chief Evangelist for Intel's Software Development Products. In a recent interview on Devx.com he stated: 'If I could get ONE wish fulfilled would be for OS scheduling to focus on processes, and not threads, for scheduling. And demand that processes manage their scheduling of threads ... There is a lot of opportunity for operating systems to offer these types of control in the 'running of applications' interfaces. I'd like an OS to let me specify the 'world' my application runs in (which processors, how many, etc.) These interfaces are available in Windows at run time (the task manager will let you adjust where a running task can go).'"

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  1. Puh-leeeeze! by mikek2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    From TFA: Q: Could you introduce yourself?

    James Reinders: I'm Intel's Chief Evangelist [blah blah blah]. Another way to look at it is I'm an engineer who joined Intel in 1989 'cause I thought it would be a cool place to work for a few years. [snip]

    Wha wha wha what??

    First of all, any job with the word 'evangelist' directly implies 'highly paid fanboy.'
    Second, people who use slang contractions in text (i.e. " 'cause") should be shot on site.

  2. Re:which processors by mrsbrisby · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'd like an OS to let me specify the 'world' my application runs in (which processors, how many, etc.)
    Doesn't Solaris do this already?
    So does Linux, which makes his statement moot, and indicates he is an idiot or an asshat.