Thats really interesting - porting 2.6 kernels scheduler to 2.4 - were there any interesting observations AND what was the test environment used - a virtual environ like VMware or UML. Is is the testing generally done in virtual or a real environ. Best Ashok ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Photos ? NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/