Re: [RFC][PATCH] SCHED_ISO for interactivity

William Lee Irwin III (wli@holomorphy.com)
Sat, 12 Jul 2003 08:49:24 -0700

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On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 08:53:38PM +1000, Con Kolivas wrote:
> Wli coined the term "isochronous" (greek for same time) for a real time task
> that was limited in it's timeslice but still guaranteed to run. I've decided
> to abuse this term and use it to name this new policy in this patch. This is
> neither real time, nor guaranteed.

I didn't coin it; I know of it from elsewhere.

-- wli
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