Messages in this thread | | | From | Ben Gamari <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] Add Kconfig option for default swappiness | Date | Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:52:30 -0400 |
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On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 08:43:22 -0400, Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 02:08:28PM -0400, Ben Gamari wrote: > > This will allow distributions to tune this important vm parameter in a more > > self-contained manner. > > What's wrong with sticking > > vm.swappiness = <your value> > > into the shipped /etc/sysctl.conf?
Ubuntu ships different kernels for desktop and server usage. From a packaging standpoint it would be much nicer to have this set in the kernel configuration. If we were to throw the setting /etc/sysctl.conf the kernel would depend upon the package containing sysctl(8) (procps). We'd rather avoid this and keep the default kernel configuration in one place. This was just an RFC though; let me know if you think this is totally insane.
- Ben
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