Makes me wonder that don't they have kernel APIs for process schedulers and I/O schedulers by now? The scheduler tweaks have been going on for ages.

Instead of compiling a single new kernel module (or downloading it prebuilt from an apt repo or a PPA) and kicking it in with modprobe, we now need to obtain the sources for the whole kernel, apply the patches, configure, build, and deploy. Sure Debian/Ubuntu has that partially automatized but it's still a pain.

At least I'll wait for stock 2.6.38 on Ubuntu and cross my fingers they put this patch in.