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Linux Kernel 6.6 Officially Released, This Is What's New
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this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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There is no mention of the, IMHO most interesting addition, new CPU scheduler EEVDF.
I'm curious how this will impact performance.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6-EEVDF-Merged
I was quite surprised that they introduced a new scheduler and replaced CFS with it in the same step. I would have expected it to become available, then default, then replace CFS. But I guess this should be interpreted as indicating they have tested it extensively already, with very low chance of significant regressions.
Oh that's exciting, CPU schedulers are important.