Re: [patch 1/1] cpufreq_conservative/ondemand: invert meaning of 'ignore nice'

From: Alexander Clouter
Date: Thu Nov 10 2005 - 10:54:34 EST


Con,

Con Kolivas <kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx> [20051111 02:48:57 +1100]:
>
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:11, Alexander Clouter wrote:
> > The use of the 'ignore_nice' sysfs file is confusing to anyone using it.
> > This removes the sysfs file 'ignore_nice' and in its place creates a
> > 'ignore_nice_load' entry which defaults to '1'; meaning nice'd processes
> > are not counted towards the 'business' caclulation.
>
> And just for the last time I'll argue that the default should be 0. I have yet
> to discuss this with any laptop user who thinks that 1 is the correct default
> for ondemand.
>
....resubmitting with alternative defaults....

Cheers

Alex

> Regards,
> Con

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