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diff --git a/system/irqbalance/README b/system/irqbalance/README index f20b6203f8e1d..085188ba4f3b1 100644 --- a/system/irqbalance/README +++ b/system/irqbalance/README @@ -1,6 +1,16 @@ -irqbalance is a Linux daemon that distributes interrupts over the -processors and cores you have in your computer system. The design goal -of irqbalance is to do find a balance between power savings and optimal -performance. To a large degree, the work irqbalance does is invisible -to you; if irqbalance performs its job correctly, nobody will ever notice +irqbalance is a Linux daemon that distributes interrupts over the +processors and cores you have in your computer system. The design goal +of irqbalance is to find a balance between power savings and optimal +performance. To a large degree, the work irqbalance does is invisible +to you; if irqbalance performs its job correctly, nobody will ever notice it's there or want to turn it off. + +It is recommended to run irqbalance from the system boot-scripts. For +example, add the following lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local: +if [ -x /usr/sbin/irqbalance ]; then + /usr/sbin/irqbalance +fi + +Options that you can pass to the command are described in the man page. + +libcap-ng is an optional dependency. |