On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Andrew Theurer <habanero@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Just wondering, was it not possible to introduce a new scheduling class in > the current scheduler? My impression was that the current scheduler was > fairly modular and should allow this. > > -Andrew The reasons are: 1. I am afraid that modifications to the Linux scheduler might cause unexpected effects, because it is a global one. 2. an extra execution control solution like mine is the simplest one to implement. 3. As far as I can see, the benefit of replacing Linux scheduler only lies that as soon as a scheduling decision is made, it can be put into practice immediately. I think this benefit is neglectable. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html