* Linux Switches to CFS Scheduler in 2.6.23
posted by Thom Holwerda on Tue 10th Jul 2007 21:57 UTC, submitted by maverick
IconThe Linux kernel process scheduler, as you know it, has been completely ripped out and replaced with a completely new one called Completely Fair Scheduler. How fair it will be, remains to be seen. Here's what its original creator Ingo Molnar says: "80% Of CFS's design can be summed up in a single sentence: CFS basically models an 'ideal, precise multi-tasking CPU' on real hardware." Learn more about the new scheduler from the CFS design document.
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