Apparently, though unproven, at 18:43 on Thursday 04 November 2010, Mark Knecht did opine thusly:
> Hi, > When starting VMware-Player I get the following message: > > The host's Linux kernel yield() functionality is disabled. > Multiprocessor virtual machines exhibit degraded performance without > yield(). Choose 'OK' to enable the sysctl 'kernel.sched_compat_yield' > or 'Cancel' to continue without yield(). > > > Looking around at VMware's site they recommend changing > /etc/sysctl.conf to enable the feature: > > http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=di > splayKC&externalId=1027987 > > I can do that but I'm pretty sure that if I edit that file then > I'll lose the edits some day when doing etc-update's. I'm wondering if > there's a more Gentoo way to turn on a kernel feature like this so > that it survives updates without my full attention. Gentoo way: Use conf-update (or etc-update if you must) use "merge" function tell computer what you want it to do Ubuntu way: "it survives updates without my full attention" maintainer tells user what he thinks the computer should do frustrate user, user gives up in apathy and says "Oh well..." -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
