Subject: Re: nice not setting above/below normal
From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 16:09:58 -0700

On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 05:42:38AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote:
> reserved for real-time processes.  The remaining range 1-15 are the
> regular (dynamic) priorities that most processes run with.  In reality
> you don't set the priority directly this way, rather you choose a
> priority class (realtime, high, normal, idle; corresponding to 24, 13,
> 8, 4) and then a modifier (highest, above normal, normal, below normal,
> lowest; corresponding to +2, +1, 0, -1, -2).

Is that correct?  Shouldn't idle be 3 to allow the full 1-15 range?

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