Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755478AbZGHXdd (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jul 2009 19:33:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756698AbZGHXdJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jul 2009 19:33:09 -0400 Received: from elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.67]:51300 "EHLO elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756740AbZGHXdF (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jul 2009 19:33:05 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=KKXModdnrt+07VqkwmPAh9pU+zuuw1Q3JGhSR8+AHNnaOZWHl9TfRfLaUTltTXHj; h=Received:Message-Id:From:To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Mime-Version:Subject:Date:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Message-Id: <451B5C45-2F95-4892-8766-7596BD16B7C7@earthlink.net> From: Mitchell Erblich To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Subject: Suggested code change: Add /proc/system_type to determine system type / behaviour Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 16:33:03 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-ELNK-Trace: 074f60c55517ea841aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec795a80486b90054ee346c1fa0b876dec73350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 98.234.127.54 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 591 Lines: 21 IMO, The Linux Kernel should have a single coarse /proc/system_type value to determine whether the behaviour of the system should be desktop or server or embedded/ desktop or embedded/server. Secondary values such as CFS /proc/sys/kernel/sched_granularity_ns COULD then have appropriately default values set. MItchell Erblich -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/