On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Bill Vyzas <vizasb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question about the tunables section. Why the changes from bad to
> good are not permanent?
>
> I don't think it is something very hard to implement, the popular solution
> on the web is to create a text file with the appropriate commands and have
> it run every time in the login. I suspect that by making some of the changes
> permanent you are essentially changing kernel settings so possibly you run
> the risk of a broken kernel.

This question has been answered many times on this list, please search
the mailing list archives for the full rationale and discussion.

Short answer: Your Linux distribution is supposed to properly tune
your system for you. PowerTOP is not an end-user tool that you should
be running every day.

Cheers,

Auke