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[PATCH] io/storage: Documentation update to as-iosched.txt
authorFilipe <filipe@icewall.org>
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 04:36:04 +0000 (20:36 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.osdl.org>
Thu, 7 Dec 2006 16:39:32 +0000 (08:39 -0800)
Documentation update, adding references to CFQ scheduler and to another
document about selecting IO Schedulers.

Signed-off-by: Filipe Lautert <filipe@icewall.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Documentation/block/as-iosched.txt

index e2a66f8143c5c63b0b780ee13fc1069b87c82011..a598fe10a2974f5757761df5ab8f7f98c5c5f84a 100644 (file)
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ very similar behavior to the deadline IO scheduler.
 Selecting IO schedulers
 -----------------------
 To choose IO schedulers at boot time, use the argument 'elevator=deadline'.
-'noop' and 'as' (the default) are also available. IO schedulers are assigned
-globally at boot time only presently.
+'noop', 'as' and 'cfq' (the default) are also available. IO schedulers are
+assigned globally at boot time only presently. It's also possible to change
+the IO scheduler for a determined device on the fly, as described in
+Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt.
 
 
 Anticipatory IO scheduler Policies