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howtos:hardware:bfq_io_scheduler [2014/10/30 02:23 (UTC)]
ricky_cardo [Use BFQ IO scheduler] 		howtos:hardware:bfq_io_scheduler [2014/12/18 02:42 (UTC)]
mfillpot howtos:misc:howto_bfq_io_scheduler renamed to howtos:hardware:bfq_io_scheduler (Moved to the hardware section)
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 ====== Use BFQ IO scheduler ====== ====== Use BFQ IO scheduler ======
  Budget Fair Queueing (BFQ) Storage-I/O Scheduler  Budget Fair Queueing (BFQ) Storage-I/O Scheduler
- * Why do I want BFQ?  -Seems to speed up disk based IO see the Source section for more info. + 
 +  * Why do I want BFQ?  -Seems to speed up disk based IO see the Source section for more info. \\ 
  [[http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/|http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/]]  [[http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/|http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/]]
  
- * First collect your existing kernel configuration. +  * First collect your existing kernel configuration. <code bash> 
-<code bash>zcat /proc/config.gz > BFQ_CONFIG</code>+zcat /proc/config.gz > BFQ_CONFIG 
 +</code>
  
- * Next prepare your BFQ_CONFIG file. (use vi or nano etc.) I like to locate "CONFIG_DEFAULT_CFQ" section and make it look like the below. Be careful not to have duplicate lines.  I'm thinking there is a better way maybe someone could point it out. Basically add the two lines about BFQ change the existing CONFIG_DEFAULT_CFQ to "is not set" and add "CONFIG_DEFAULT_BFQ=y' +  * Next prepare your BFQ_CONFIG file (use vi or nano etc). I like to locate "CONFIG_DEFAULT_CFQ" section and make it look like below. Be careful not to have duplicate lines.  I'm thinking there is a better way maybe someone could point it out. Basically add the two lines about BFQ change the existing CONFIG_DEFAULT_CFQ to "is not set" and add "CONFIG_DEFAULT_BFQ=y': <code bash> 
-<code bash>CONFIG_IOSCHED_BFQ=y+CONFIG_IOSCHED_BFQ=y
 CONFIG_CGROUP_BFQIO=y CONFIG_CGROUP_BFQIO=y
 # CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEADLINE is not set # CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEADLINE is not set
 # CONFIG_DEFAULT_CFQ is not set # CONFIG_DEFAULT_CFQ is not set
-CONFIG_DEFAULT_BFQ=y</code>+CONFIG_DEFAULT_BFQ=y 
 +</code>
  
- * Now grab the code: (I'm using 3.14 in this sample as Slackware-current is currently using 3.14.18) +  * Now grab the code: (I'm using 3.14 in this sample as Slackware-current is currently using 3.14.18) <code bash> 
-<code bash>VERSION=3.14.0-v7r6 # the version you want+VERSION=3.14.0-v7r6 # the version you want
 wget -nd --no-parent --level 1 -r -R "*.html*" --reject $VERSION \ wget -nd --no-parent --level 1 -r -R "*.html*" --reject $VERSION \
-    http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/patches/$VERSION</code>+    http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/patches/$VERSION 
 +</code>
          
- * Next copy these files to /usr/src/linux and then patch. (You'll want 0001 to 0003) +  * Next copy these files to /usr/src/linux and then patch (you'll want 0001 to 0003). <code bash>
-<code bash>+
 cp ./000* /usr/src/linux;cd /usr/src/linux cp ./000* /usr/src/linux;cd /usr/src/linux
 patch -p1 < 0001-block-cgroups-kconfig-build-bits-for-BFQ-v7r6-3.14.patch  patch -p1 < 0001-block-cgroups-kconfig-build-bits-for-BFQ-v7r6-3.14.patch 
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 </code> </code>
  
- * Now copy your config file to /usr/src/linux and rename it .config +  * Now copy your config file to /usr/src/linux and rename it to ''.config'' \\ Example: (assuming the config you created above is in your home directory) <code bash> 
-example: (assuming the config you created above is in your home directory) +cp $HOME/BFQ_CONFIG /usr/src/linux/.config 
-<code bash> cp /$HOME/BFQ_CONFIG /usr/src/linux.config</code>+</code>
  
- * cd /usr/src/linux ;make oldconfig ;make -j4 && make modules_install+  * cd /usr/src/linux ;make oldconfig ;make -j4 && make modules_install
  
- * copy bzImage and System.map to boot folder +  * copy bzImage and System.map to boot folder 
-  + 
- * add lilo entry and update lilo.+  * add lilo entry and update lilo.
  
- * More Details here [[howtos:slackware_admin:kernelbuilding|Building a Linux Kernel from Source]]+  * More Details here [[howtos:slackware_admin:kernelbuilding|Building a Linux Kernel from Source]]
    
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 ====== Sources ====== ====== Sources ======
-* Original source: [[http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/sources.php]] +  * Original source: [[http://algo.ing.unimo.it/people/paolo/disk_sched/sources.php]] 
-<!-- Authors are allowed to give credit to themselves! --> +  * Originally written by [[wiki:ricky_cardo:xxx | ricky_cardo]] 
-* Originally written by [[wiki:ricky_cardo:xxx | ricky_cardo]] +  * Idea from rpi work by ponce adding bfq
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