From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266025AbTGLPdW (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jul 2003 11:33:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266030AbTGLPdW (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jul 2003 11:33:22 -0400 Received: from holomorphy.com ([66.224.33.161]:47039 "EHLO holomorphy") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266025AbTGLPdV (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jul 2003 11:33:21 -0400 Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 08:49:24 -0700 From: William Lee Irwin III To: Con Kolivas Cc: linux kernel mailing list , Daniel Phillips Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] SCHED_ISO for interactivity Message-ID: <20030712154924.GC15452@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , Con Kolivas , linux kernel mailing list , Daniel Phillips References: <200307112053.55880.kernel@kolivas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200307112053.55880.kernel@kolivas.org> Organization: The Domain of Holomorphy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 08:53:38PM +1000, Con Kolivas wrote: > Wli coined the term "isochronous" (greek for same time) for a real time task > that was limited in it's timeslice but still guaranteed to run. I've decided > to abuse this term and use it to name this new policy in this patch. This is > neither real time, nor guaranteed. I didn't coin it; I know of it from elsewhere. -- wli