On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 08:52:30AM -0400, Ben Gamari wrote: > 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. Fair point. Feel free to add my Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- 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>