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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:44:03 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kib:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=0730a05cd383276ca8eedf295509e869ac9b88a0
commit 0730a05cd383276ca8eedf295509e869ac9b88a0
Author: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-01-29 21:40:29 +0000
Commit: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-01-29 22:43:45 +0000
tuning.7: document schedulers knobs
Reviewed by: emaste, olce, ziaee
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
MFC after: 1 week
Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54951
---
share/man/man7/tuning.7 | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/share/man/man7/tuning.7 b/share/man/man7/tuning.7
index c03cce0aba0f..586b63c247a8 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/tuning.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/tuning.7
@@ -601,6 +601,32 @@ See the
section in the
.Xr sendfile 2
manual page for details.
+.Sh SCHEDULERS
+.Fx
+allows having more than one scheduler specified in the kernel config,
+and the desired scheduler selected from them at boot time.
+Right now the options are:
+.Bl -tag -width SCHED_4BSD
+.It Cd SCHED_ULE
+The modern scheduler with O(1) thread selection behavior.
+.It Cd SCHED_4BSD
+Classic scheduler inherited from 4.x BSD.
+.El
+.Pp
+At least one option must be specified.
+.Cd SCHED_ULE
+is used by default if compiled in.
+.Pp
+The
+.Va kern.sched.available
+sysctl provides the comma-separated list of available (compiled in)
+schedulers.
+The
+.Va kern.sched.name
+loader tunable can be set to select the desired scheduler at boot time.
+The
+.Va kern.sched.name
+sysctl reports which scheduler is used.
.Sh KERNEL CONFIG TUNING
There are a number of kernel options that you may have to fiddle with in
a large-scale system.