> Op 6 nov. 2014, om 08:59 heeft ChenQi <qi.c...@windriver.com> het volgende > geschreven: > > On 11/06/2014 03:48 PM, Koen Kooi wrote: >> Op 6 nov. 2014, om 08:32 heeft Chen Qi <qi.c...@windriver.com> het volgende >> geschreven: >> >>> In systemd, /etc/sysctl.conf is actually ignored by systemd-sysctl, >>> because this command only examine *.conf files under a bunch of directories >>> like /etc/sysctl.d or /usr/lib/sysctl.d. >>> >>> The problem is we are used to configuring kernel parameters in >>> /etc/sysctl.conf, >>> so it would be really strange if the configuration in that file doesn't >>> have any >>> effect. >>> >>> This patch reference Fedora's solution to this problem, creating a symlink >>> to >>> /etc/sysctl.conf under /etc/sysctl.d/. >> Shouldn't this be done in procps instead? >> > > Actually, the problem is not about `sysctl' command. > procps provides `sysctl', but busybox also provides this command. > It's very possible that on our generated image, procps is not installed but > `sysctl' command is available. > Both busybox's and procps's `sysctl' command takes /etc/sysctl.conf into > consideration.
Right, but only procps installs that file. > Now, systemd provides a similar utility called `systemd-sysctl' which is > executed at boot time via systemd-sysctl.service. > > So our actually problem is that systemd-sysctl ignores /etc/sysctl.conf, > which makes it somewhat strange, especially to users who are used to > configuring parameters in sysctl.conf. > And this patch solves this problem by adding a symlink under /etc/sysctl.d/. > > That's why I think we should put this in systemd. You're adding a symlink to a file which only exists if you install procps, which isn't in RDEPENDS. -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
