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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Marlier, Ian wrote:
> Hi, all --
>
> I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to get a setting made in the
> sysfs tree (in this case,
> /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource) to
> persist across reboot.
>
> Under opensuse 10.3 using a xen kernel, the default value in this node
> is "xen".  However, there is a bug that causes the machine to lock up if
> using that value, and so it needs to be changed to "jiffies", which is
> accomplished by doing
>
> echo "jiffies" >
> /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource
>
> I can add this command to an init script (boot.local, for example).  But
> I'm wondering if there's any alternative, such as the sysctl.conf file
> that controls the settings under /proc/sys

Any other method would simply be a round-about way of doing
EXACTLY what you are doing with your echo command.

As someone who has been doing Unix and Linux administration
for 15 years, my advice is this:

You have a solution that works, so stick with it.

> Anyone know of one?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ian



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