PREREQUISITES:
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This package is released under the terms of the GPL2; you can read it in the
file LICENSE. Use at your own risk.
SCHED_NORMAL, SCHED_FIFO and SCHED_RR are the supported out of the box
by every linux-kernel.
If you want to use special scheduling policies, get the according patches
listed below.
o SCHED_BATCH:
Kernel 2.4.18+ with Ingo Molnar's O(1)-sched-patch
[ http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mingo ]
2.5.X kernels and the stock 2.6 don't seem to know about SCHED_BATCH.
Con Kolivas maintains patches for 2.6.
[ http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6 ]
o SCHED_ISO:
2.6.X and special patches by Con Kolivas
[ http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6 ]
o CPU-AFFINITY:
kernel 2.5.8 or later
RedHat9 does contain a patched kernel that supports CPU-affinity
for 2.4.X the -aa series also contain support for CPU-affinity
[ http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea ]
