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block/switching-sched.txt: Update to blk-mq schedulers 

Remove references to CFQ and legacy block layer which are gone.
Update example with what's available under blk-mq.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <aherrmann@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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Andreas Herrmann 2019-06-12 08:50:09 +02:00 committed by Jens Axboe
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Documentation/block/switching-sched.txt
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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