At Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:46:49 +0200, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > Since I just skimmed over scheduling, the question bit me, if itis possible > to > replace the scheduler in a Hurd system as user. > > Is it possible to replace the scheduler for my own processes? > > -> The general scheduler governing when which user may act, the user > schedulers governing the processes of that user? > > (or something similar)
On GNU Mach, this is not currently possible without changing the implementation. For ideas on how to implement such a system, check out: CPU Inheritance Scheduling, Bryan Ford and Sai R. Susarla. OSDI 1996. http://www.bford.info/pub/os/inherit-sched.pdf and: Towards effective user-controlled scheduling for microkernel-based systems, Jan Stoess. SIGOPS OSR, July 2007. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1278901.1278910 Neal
