irqbalance as ubuntu-server dep...

[Scott Kitterman]

On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 09:47:33 PM Daniel J Blueman wrote:
> Hi Ubuntu devs,
> 
> I've been wanting to raise the question about if ubuntu-standard
> should depend on irqbalance, since the benefits of irqbalance in a
> typical non-server environment are questionable.
> 
> In fact, I see it clocking up time, causing more context switches and
> wakeups. This is clearly a step backward for mobile and even desktop
> users. The documentation [1] shows the use-cases it was designed for,
> ie heavy server load.
> 
> It would be far better as a dependency in an Ubuntu server
> installation. What do you guys think?

My recollection is that it was added to the seeds for the server use case, so 
I think this makes sense.

Scott K