Re: scheduler question 2.6.16.x

From: Nick Warne
Date: Wed Apr 26 2006 - 14:33:40 EST


On Wednesday 26 April 2006 19:09, Andre Tomt wrote:

> > i.e. why doesn't 'default selection option' only allow that scheduler to
> > be selected?
>
> That would be a artificial (and silly!) limit - the io-scheduler is
> pluggable and selectable at boot, you can even change it at run time at
> a per block device level.
>
> See the elevator= boot option and /sys/block/<device>/queue/scheduler

Ohh! I see. That is what I was sort of asking (but didn't know what
precisely to ask)... OK thanks, understand now.

Nick


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