[PATCH 7/8] Documentation: remove anticipatory scheduler info
From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed Nov 10 2010 - 17:43:39 EST
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Remove anticipatory block I/O scheduler info from Documentation/
since the code has been deleted.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt | 8 ++++----
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +-
Documentation/rbtree.txt | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.37-rc1-git8.orig/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt
+++ linux-2.6.37-rc1-git8/Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ you can do so by typing:
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
+set a specific device to use the deadline or noop schedulers - which
can improve that device's throughput).
To set a specific scheduler, simply do this:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ a "cat /sys/block/DEV/queue/scheduler" -
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
+noop deadline [cfq]
+# echo deadline > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
# cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
-noop [anticipatory] deadline cfq
+noop [deadline] cfq
--- linux-2.6.37-rc1-git8.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux-2.6.37-rc1-git8/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
elevator= [IOSCHED]
- Format: {"anticipatory" | "cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
+ Format: {"cfq" | "deadline" | "noop"}
See Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt and
Documentation/block/deadline-iosched.txt for details.
--- linux-2.6.37-rc1-git8.orig/Documentation/rbtree.txt
+++ linux-2.6.37-rc1-git8/Documentation/rbtree.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ three rotations, respectively, to balanc
To quote Linux Weekly News:
There are a number of red-black trees in use in the kernel.
- The anticipatory, deadline, and CFQ I/O schedulers all employ
- rbtrees to track requests; the packet CD/DVD driver does the same.
+ The deadline and CFQ I/O schedulers employ rbtrees to
+ track requests; the packet CD/DVD driver does the same.
The high-resolution timer code uses an rbtree to organize outstanding
timer requests. The ext3 filesystem tracks directory entries in a
red-black tree. Virtual memory areas (VMAs) are tracked with red-black
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