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update I/O sched Kconfig help texts - CFQ is now default, not AS.

PATCH In review Jesper Juhl 2 participants 2 messages Jul 25, 2006 – Jul 26, 2006 Block layer

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PATCH 1/1 update I/O sched Kconfig help texts - CFQ is now default, not AS.

Change I/O scheduler description to correctly show CFQ as being the default scheduler and not the anticipatory scheduler that previously was default.

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 block/Kconfig.iosched |    9 +++++----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
block/Kconfig.iosched +5 -4
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ config IOSCHED_AS
 	tristate "Anticipatory I/O scheduler"
 	default y
 	---help---
-	  The anticipatory I/O scheduler is the default disk scheduler. It is
-	  generally a good choice for most environments, but is quite large and
-	  complex when compared to the deadline I/O scheduler, it can also be
-	  slower in some cases especially some database loads.
+	  The anticipatory I/O scheduler is generally a good choice for most
+	  environments, but is quite large and complex when compared to the
+	  deadline I/O scheduler, it can also be slower in some cases
+	  especially some database loads.
 
 config IOSCHED_DEADLINE
 	tristate "Deadline I/O scheduler"
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ config IOSCHED_CFQ
 	  The CFQ I/O scheduler tries to distribute bandwidth equally
 	  among all processes in the system. It should provide a fair
 	  working environment, suitable for desktop systems.
+	  This is the default I/O scheduler.
 
 choice
 	prompt "Default I/O scheduler"
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Quoted 2 lines · Jesper Juhl

Change I/O scheduler description to correctly show CFQ as being the default scheduler and not the anticipatory scheduler that previously was default.

Thanks, that needs doing. I'll compliment your change with a fuller description of CFQ, it's somewhat outdated.

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Jens Axboe