On Mon, 1 Nov 2010 20:33:10 -0700 (PDT), David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > And they can't use an init script to tune /proc/sys/vm/swappiness > because...? Packaging concerns, as I mentioned before, On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 08:52:30AM -0400, Ben Gamari wrote: > 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. In short, being able to specify this default in .config is just far simpler from a packaging standpoint than the alternatives. - 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>