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From: Bill Vyzas <vizasb at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Powertop] Why tunables settings no permanent?
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:35:07 +0000
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After promt I am making this thread public so others can participate and
learn from it.


On 24 March 2014 16:40, Kok, Auke-jan H <auke-jan.h.kok(a)intel.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Bill Vyzas <vizasb(a)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
>

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