Consider removing irqbalance from default install on desktop images

Bug #1833322 reported by ethanay
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Bug Description

as per https://github.com/pop-os/default-settings/issues/60

Distribution (run cat /etc/os-release):

$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Pop!_OS"
VERSION="19.04"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Pop!_OS 19.04"
VERSION_ID="19.04"
HOME_URL="https://system76.com/pop"
SUPPORT_URL="http://support.system76.com"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://system76.com/privacy"
VERSION_CODENAME=disco
UBUNTU_CODENAME=disco

Related Application and/or Package Version (run apt policy $PACKAGE NAME):

$ apt policy irqbalance
irqbalance:
Installed: 1.5.0-3ubuntu1
Candidate: 1.5.0-3ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1.5.0-3ubuntu1 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu disco/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ apt rdepends irqbalance
irqbalance
Reverse Depends:
Recommends: ubuntu-standard
gce-compute-image-packages

Issue/Bug Description:

as per konkor/cpufreq#48 and http://konkor.github.io/cpufreq/faq/#irqbalance-detected

irqbalance is technically not needed on desktop systems (supposedly it is mainly for servers), and may actually reduce performance and power savings. It appears to provide benefits only to server environments that have relatively-constant loading. If it is truly a server-oriented package, then it shouldn't be installed by default on a desktop/laptop system and shouldn't be included in desktop OS images.

Steps to reproduce (if you know):

This is potentially an issue with all default installs.

Expected behavior:

n/a

Other Notes:

I can safely remove it via "sudo apt purge irqbalance" without any apparent adverse side-effects. If someone is running a situation where they need it, then they always have the option of installing it from the repositories.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Young Montana (yomota) wrote :

I am using Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS 64 bit on an Intel mobile CPU and Gnome 3.36.8 (Kernel 5.4.0-58-generic).

irqbalance is still installed by default.

The frequently used Gnome Extension "cpufreq" shows a permanent warning that irqbalance is active.

If I uninstall irqbalance the warning is gone.

Since the warning is OK in "cpufreq" the underlying reason should be fixed IMHO (= removing irqbalance from default install on desktop images)

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