Messages in this thread | | | From | Con Kolivas <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.14-ck1 | Date | Thu, 3 Nov 2005 19:47:44 +1100 |
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On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 07:34 pm, Rudo Thomas wrote: > > > Con,any recommended value for /proc/sys/kernel/readahead_ratio, or > > > is it automagicly set?It's value is 0 ATM. > > > > Yes. First it's supposed to be in /proc/sys/vm (my fault on the > > merge), and it should be set to about 50. All this is corrected in > > 2.6.14-ck2 which has the new readahead code, the tunable in the > > correct location, and the default set to 50. > > Con, it's still in /proc/sys/kernel in ck2, AFAICT.
Bah you're right. Thanks for the heads up. It will work the same there; it's just not meant to be there. Anyway I don't think you'll need to be fiddling with the default value generally.
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