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[kostas123]

Does anyone know what sceduling algorithm use the Linux 2.2.6?
Or where i can find informations?

[fayyazlodhi]

I found this to be a good linux scheduling overview though it is not version specific and the only reference it gives is to 2.6.10 kernel

http://forum.codecal...ll Programming)

[debtboy]

kostas123 said:

Does anyone know what sceduling algorithm use the Linux 2.2.6?
Or where i can find informations?

not sure I understand...
crond handles scheduling in most unix-like systems,
crontab is the command to use to create a cronjob ;)

[Revolt]

That's a different kind of scheduling debtboy. I think he is referring to process scheduling.

I could only find data pertaining to the 2.6 kernel and it seems that in the beginning it used a O(1) scheduling algorithm and around 2.6.17 it changed to the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS).

[kostas123]

I am referring to process scheduling.

[fayyazlodhi]

Am i missing something? I presumed it was process scheduling we were talking about. What other kind exactly exists in context of OS?

[Revolt]

Well, you could see cron as a kind of task scheduler for instance.