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| author | kfraser@localhost.localdomain <kfraser@localhost.localdomain> | 2006-08-23 17:14:38 +0100 |
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| committer | kfraser@localhost.localdomain <kfraser@localhost.localdomain> | 2006-08-23 17:14:38 +0100 |
| commit | db51cd09d37ea44b126bb259f9392248afd768e6 (patch) | |
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Remove all traces of the obsolete BVT scheduler.
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
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diff --git a/docs/man/xm.pod.1 b/docs/man/xm.pod.1 index 1c8b9057cc..24a6c491d1 100644 --- a/docs/man/xm.pod.1 +++ b/docs/man/xm.pod.1 @@ -511,55 +511,6 @@ FIXME: we really need a scheduler expert to write up this section. =over 4 -=item B<sched-bvt> I<mcuadv> I<warpback> I<warpvalue> I<warpl> I<warpu> - -Performs runtime adjustments to the default parameters for the -Borrowed Virtual Time (BVT) scheduler. For full information on the -BVT concept, please consult the base paper listed in the B<SEE ALSO> -section. - -Set Borrowed Virtual Time (BVT) scheduler parameters. There are five -required parameters, which are given in order below. - -FIXME: what units are all the BVT params in? - -B<PARAMETERS> - -=over 4 - -=item I<mcuadv> - -The MCU (Minimum Charging Unit) advance determines the proportional -share of the CPU that a domain receives. It is set inversely -proportionally to a domain's sharing weight. - -=item I<warpback> - -The amount of `virtual time' the domain is allowed to warp backwards. - -=item I<warpvalue> - -Warp value (FIXME: what does this really mean?) - -=item I<warpl> - -The warp limit is the maximum time a domain can run warped for. - -=item I<warpu> - -The unwarp requirement is the minimum time a domain must run unwarped -for before it can warp again. - -=back - -=item B<sched-bvt-ctxallow> I<allow> - -Sets the BVT scheduler's context switch allowance. - -The context switch allowance is similar to the ``quantum'' in -traditional schedulers. It is the minimum time that a scheduled domain -will be allowed to run before being preempted. - =item B<sched-sedf> I<period> I<slice> I<latency-hint> I<extratime> I<weight> Set Simple EDF (Earliest Deadline First) scheduler parameters. This @@ -1126,12 +1077,6 @@ their binary identifiers (ssidrefs) used inside Xen. B<xmdomain.cfg>(5), B<xentop>(1) -BVT scheduling paper: K.J. Duda and D.R. Cheriton. Borrowed Virtual -Time (BVT) scheduling: supporting latency-sensitive threads in a -general purpose scheduler. In proceedings of the 17th ACM SIGOPS -Symposium on Operating Systems principles, volume 33(5) of ACM -Operating Systems Review, pages 261-267 - =head1 AUTHOR Sean Dague <sean at dague dot net> |