From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 12 10:40:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB20216A41F for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:40:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterclutton@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B2B43D45 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:40:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterclutton@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t13so876899wxc for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 02:40:51 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=sn/vdoTLVxVTJu8mgdEIKYpnlRM1z8NDm67DE41R9Q4igkZzHZMP4/+VgzxbKKUV21FKZ3YSdlMmn9FxU8OCQnKsZg9bBycAg2W4kCk26KQkG4lNA8UUi9a5u90//pk7TpG1PjQ7Odfnnt/Uz7nvvptkigTEAPLCyP66R/RzSrY= Received: by 10.70.100.12 with SMTP id x12mr2670447wxb; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:17:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.91.17 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:17:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <57416b300511111417k66dfbd21o7b200ae0c01b3e67@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:17:37 -0800 From: Peter Clutton To: Dave In-Reply-To: <000601c5e6c1$142bf970$0900a8c0@satellite> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <000601c5e6c1$142bf970$0900a8c0@satellite> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: schedulers and compatibility options in 6.0-r X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:40:53 -0000 On 11/11/05, Dave wrote: > Hello, > I've got a 6.0-RELEASE machine and am going to compile a new kernel o= n > it. > I've got a few questions as to the best options. This is a single-process= or > machine, going to run only 6.0. Which of the schedulers should i use > SCHED_4BSD or SCHED_ULE >From what I have heard (I have not tested) SCHED_ULE will have its advantages, but they are not necessarily showing at the moment as it is still in development. I think it is recommended until then, to test it first to see if you notice any advantages for your setup, but otherwise stick to 4BSD.