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<term><varname>IOSchedulingClass=</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Sets the I/O scheduling class for executed processes. Takes an integer between 0 and 3 or one
- of the strings <option>none</option>, <option>realtime</option>, <option>best-effort</option> or
- <option>idle</option>. If the empty string is assigned to this option, all prior assignments to both
- <varname>IOSchedulingClass=</varname> and <varname>IOSchedulingPriority=</varname> have no effect. See
+ <listitem><para>Sets the I/O scheduling class for executed processes. Takes one of the strings
+ <option>realtime</option>, <option>best-effort</option> or <option>idle</option>. The kernel's
+ default scheduling class is <option>best-effort</option> at a priority of 4. If the empty string is
+ assigned to this option, all prior assignments to both <varname>IOSchedulingClass=</varname> and
+ <varname>IOSchedulingPriority=</varname> have no effect. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>ioprio_set</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
details.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
bandwidth is made available to the unit's processes, larger values mean less bandwidth. The available
priorities depend on the selected I/O scheduling class (see above). If the empty string is assigned
to this option, all prior assignments to both <varname>IOSchedulingClass=</varname> and
- <varname>IOSchedulingPriority=</varname> have no effect. See
+ <varname>IOSchedulingPriority=</varname> have no effect. For the kernel's default scheduling class
+ (<option>best-effort</option>) this defaults to 4. See
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>ioprio_set</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
details.</para></listitem>
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