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author | Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net> | 2006-04-29 01:11:23 -0400 |
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committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dtor_core@ameritech.net> | 2006-04-29 01:11:23 -0400 |
commit | 7b7e394185014e0f3bd8989cac937003f20ef9ce (patch) | |
tree | 3beda5f979bba0aa9822534e239cf1b45f3be69c /Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt | |
parent | ddc5d3414593e4d7ad7fbd33e7f7517fcc234544 (diff) | |
parent | 693f7d362055261882659475d2ef022e32edbff1 (diff) |
Merge rsync://rsync.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
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diff --git a/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5fa130a6753 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +As of the Linux 2.6.10 kernel, it is now possible to change the +IO scheduler for a given block device on the fly (thus making it possible, +for instance, to set the CFQ scheduler for the system default, but +set a specific device to use the anticipatory or noop schedulers - which +can improve that device's throughput). + +To set a specific scheduler, simply do this: + +echo SCHEDNAME > /sys/block/DEV/queue/scheduler + +where SCHEDNAME is the name of a defined IO scheduler, and DEV is the +device name (hda, hdb, sga, or whatever you happen to have). + +The list of defined schedulers can be found by simply doing +a "cat /sys/block/DEV/queue/scheduler" - the list of valid names +will be displayed, with the currently selected scheduler in brackets: + +# cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler +noop anticipatory deadline [cfq] +# echo anticipatory > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler +# cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler +noop [anticipatory] deadline cfq |