Kernel 2.6.23 will include a new task scheduler

According to messages on the Linux kernel mailing list (LKML), kernel 2.6.23, due before the end of this month, will include a completely new task scheduler, “O(1) and CFS scheduler”, already dubbed “completely fair”. Its author is Ingo Molnar, a Hungarian working at RedHat who has spent many years on task scheduling in the Linux kernel. If you’re curious about him, I suggest reading his interview at kerneltrap.org.