linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add Kconfig option for default swappiness

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1011012030100.12298@chino.kir.corp.google.com>
Date:	Mon, 1 Nov 2010 20:33:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@...il.com>
cc:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add Kconfig option for default swappiness

On Mon, 1 Nov 2010, Ben Gamari wrote:

> This will allow distributions to tune this important vm parameter in a more
> self-contained manner.
> 

And they can't use an init script to tune /proc/sys/vm/swappiness 
because...?
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