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List:       systemd-devel
Subject:    Re: [systemd-devel] About supporting relative values (e.g. 50%) in configuration
From:       John Florian <john () doubledog ! org>
Date:       2018-03-22 16:01:10
Message-ID: 06cfb437-2bf3-29c5-af27-026b0beeec16 () doubledog ! org
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On 2018-03-09 03:13, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 03:48:54PM +0800, ChenQi wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I'd like to know if systemd community thinks that adding support for
> > relative values in configuration is a good idea.
> > 
> > I found a related patch and discussion in \
> > https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-May/032191.html. 
> > Quoting from the comments:
> > """
> > 
> > I'd always keep our basic structures as generic as possible, and as
> > close to the way CPUs work. Hence: store things as fixed-point
> > 32bit/32bit internally, but make it configurable in percent as
> > user-pointing UI.
> > 
> > """
> > 
> > According to the comments, it seems that adding such support is acceptable?
> > 
> > I' sending out this email because I want to check with the community
> > before I start to investigate more.
> Hi,
> 
> yes, a patch to allow relative values would be very much welcome.

Indeed, very much!   Please see my bug[0] for some history on this.

[0] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=874631
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