Subject: Re: Changing the I/O scheduler on-the-fly
To: Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert@feyrer.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/07/2005 18:26:46
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> +		printf("%s: Scheduler fcfs (First Come First Serve)\n",
> +				dvname);
>
> "Scheduler fcfs"[*] sounds wired.  I'd reverse the order, as in:
> %s: fcfs scheduler.  Also, I don't think the list should include a
> description of what fcfs is, because users wanting to switch
> schedulers will probably know what it stands for (so it only
> adds noise to the output).  However, this information could be
> added to some manual page, where we'd eventually describe
> all the algorithms in good depth (something that'd be certainly
> nice).

It seems there's enough space to add a short description, which I find 
much more useful than just print some acronym.


  - Hubert