staircase scheduler 2.6.7-rc1

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This is a rewrite of the scheduler policy for 2.6, based on the current O(1) scheduler.

http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.7-rc1/experimental/patch-2.6.7-rc1-s5.5

Here is a link to the original announcement email:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108017437616604&w=2

This release is mainly a bugfix and resync with 2.6.7-rc1. Some issues have been addressed with the bugfixes, and the overall design has not changed dramatically.

The previous version was run on a machine with 50 days of moderate use uptime suggesting reasonably good stability. I have yet to find any serious bugs with this release.

Please feel free to test and report back. Note I am quite aware there are still quirks, but for normal daily use it works very well at the moment. Depending on the level of interest I will decide how much to develop it.

Con Kolivas
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