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Date:      Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:42:30 +0400
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>
Cc:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>, Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>, "Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> 'current@freebsd.org'" <current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: FW: Filesystem gets a huge performance boost
Message-ID:  <20010419214230.A69239@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <200104191739.f3JHdw255890@earth.backplane.com>; from dillon@earth.backplane.com on Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 10:39:58AM -0700
References:  <200104161634.f3GGYZs11356@aslan.scsiguy.com> <200104162146.f3GLkGT82369@earth.backplane.com> <3ADBF9FA.9D1C4DB4@DougBarton.net> <20010417011335.V976@fw.wintelcom.net> <3ADC0221.32127C39@DougBarton.net> <3ADEDE2F.573C20A1@FreeBSD.org> <200104191632.f3JGWVG54689@earth.backplane.com> <3ADF1F36.44A3AA54@FreeBSD.org> <200104191739.f3JHdw255890@earth.backplane.com>

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On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 10:39:58 -0700, Matt Dillon wrote:
> :But we already have sysctl.conf and appropriate rc.sysctl, haven't we? What's
> :wrong with putting some useful payload into it?
> :
> :-Maxim
> 
>     Let me explain a little more.  If it's commented out, it's fine.  But
>     if you are actually setting a value in there you will override whatever
>     is set in the kernel.  When people install new systems they do not 
>     usually override their /etc/ files, so an uncommented value will
>     set that default in stone and prevent us from being able to change
>     it with a new kernel rev.  This being a *kernel* specific feature,
>     we need to have control over the default in the kernel itself.

What about simple check in the kernel: if total memory is above 64Mb, then
enable this mode by default, else disable it.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://ache.pp.ru/

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