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From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] rds-tcp: Add module parameters to control
 sndbuf/rcvbuf size of RDS-TCP socket
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:12:13 -0500
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On (03/11/16 11:09), Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> 
> Module parameters are a problem for distributions and should only be used
> as a last resort.

I was not aware of that- out of curiosity, what is the associated problem?

What would be the alternative recommendation in this case?

--Sowmini