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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:50:27 +0000 (GMT)
From: davej@suse.de
To: kumon@flab.fujitsu.co.jp
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        Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
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On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 kumon@flab.fujitsu.co.jp wrote:

> The current Linux has a lot of difficult to set parameters in
> /proc/sys.
>  Once a system goes beyond some settable limits, the system behavior
> changes so sharp.  Bdf_prm.nrfract in fs/buffer.c is one of the
> difficult parameters.  I hope a tool to monitor or set these value.

http://www.powertweak.org
(See CVS version). Helpful(?) advice, profiles, and easy to use UI.
If we missed anything, we take patches, and can always use extra hands :)

regards,

Davej.

-- 
| Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>  http://www.suse.de/~davej
| SuSE Labs

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