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    On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 12:51:41PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
    > no, i'm discussing precisely the point you raised:

    Oh boy.

    > >>> You should consider for a moment to allow for the binding of a
    > >>> thread to a CPU to determine the behavior of a SCHED_FIFO class task
    > >>> instead of creating a new run category. [...]
    >
    > with the observation that 1) binding is already possible [so your
    > suggestion is apparently knocking on open doors] 2) binding is a
    > separate mechanism (not adequate for all workloads) and it is thus
    > orthogonal to what i'm trying to achieve with the "RT overload" stuff.
    > Really simple and straightforward observations i think.

    This is going to take some time to get the terminology right. It's
    late now and I'll have to continue this tomorrow.

    First thing's first, SCHED_FIFO_GLOBAL for what you want in the main
    line is the same thing as SCHED_FIFO in -rt, right ?

    bill

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