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Impossible to understand why BFQ isn't available as an option, when there are competing options for many things in the upstream kernel already.
by cm3 10y ago
Impossible to understand why BFQ isn't available as an option, when there are competing options for many things in the upstream kernel already.
- digi_owl 10y agoThe most likely reason is a clash of personalities.
- cm3 10y agoLinus manages the kernel and should decide to include it as BFQ is just another option in a pluggable subsytem. BFQ is arguably more important than many things because it fixes bad performance and unresponsive behavior. I hope it's not that Jens Axboe has too much influence because he's the block layer maintainer.