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@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ you can do so by typing:
# mount none /sys -t sysfs
-As of the Linux 2.6.10 kernel, it is now possible to change the
-IO scheduler for a given block device on the fly (thus making it possible,
-for instance, to set the CFQ scheduler for the system default, but
-set a specific device to use the deadline or noop schedulers - which
-can improve that device's throughput).
+It is possible to change the IO scheduler for a given block device on
+the fly to select one of mq-deadline, none, bfq, or kyber schedulers -
+which can improve that device's throughput.
To set a specific scheduler, simply do this:
@@ -30,8 +28,8 @@ The list of defined schedulers can be found by simply doing
a "cat /sys/block/DEV/queue/scheduler" - the list of valid names
will be displayed, with the currently selected scheduler in brackets:
-# cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
-noop deadline [cfq]
-# echo deadline > /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
-# cat /sys/block/hda/queue/scheduler
-noop [deadline] cfq
+# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
+[mq-deadline] kyber bfq none
+# echo none >/sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
+# cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
+[none] mq-deadline kyber bfq