sakaiaのブックマーク / 2007年10月20日

UIO: user-space drivers [LWN.net]

The concept of supporting user-space drivers has appeared on this page a few times before. It's back; this time there is a version of the patch (now called "UIO") which is being proposed for inclusion into 2.6.22. The interface has changed somewhat, so another look is called for. Like the previous version, UIO does not completely eliminate the need for kernel-space code. A small module is required

sakaia 2007/10/20

UIO

linux

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Schedulers: the plot thickens [LWN.net]

The RSDL scheduler (since renamed the staircase deadline scheduler) by Con Kolivas was, for a period of time, assumed to be positioned for merging into the mainline, perhaps as soon as 2.6.22. Difficulties with certain workloads made the future of this scheduler a little less certain. Now Con would appear to have rediscovered one of the most reliable ways of getting a new idea into the kernel: pos

sakaia 2007/10/20

scheduler

linux

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An introduction to lguest [LWN.net]

Linux cannot be said to suffer from a shortage of virtualization solutions. What is harder to come by, however, is a paravirtualization system which is amenable to relatively easy understanding. A relatively recent entrant into the field, however, changes that situation significantly. With just 6,000 lines (including the user-space code), Rusty Russell's hypervisor implementation, lguest (pronounc