On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 08:43:22 -0400, Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom policy in Canada: sign http://dissolvethecrtc.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>