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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
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Subject: Re: Where is the syncer kernel process implemented? 
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 05:38:58 MST, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> /*
>  * System filesystem synchronizer daemon.
>  */
> void 
> sched_sync(void)

It seems that the default sync delay, syncer_maxdelay, is no longer
controllable via sysctl(8).  Are there complex issues restricting the
changing of this value in real time, or is it just not something people
feel the need to change these days?

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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