Re: [PATCH -mm] [1/2] Remove Deadline I/O scheduler

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Aug 03 2006 - 21:04:57 EST


On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:15:47 -0700
"Nate Diller" <nate.diller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> My goal is not to get
> deadline removed, but a discussion with Andrew some months ago showed
> he was averse to creating more options than we already have.

hm, we must have miscommunicated here.

The way to handle the elevator scheduler is to just add it as a new feature
not touch deadline.

Leter (and it might be over a year) we might decide to remove deadline.
But the cost of carrying it is veyr low.

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