2010/11/2 Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@xxxxxxxxx>: > 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. > Hmm, then, can't we add a sysctl template config/script for generic sysctl values ? Adding this kind of CONFIG one by one seems not very helpful... Thanks, -Kame -- 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>