> I think it makes no sense in todays configurations and workloads.  It
> can be turned on via sysctl, but it should not be on by default.

> Any comments?

Total agreement.  One of the first things I do on any new install is to
add two lines to rc.local:

sysctl -w kern.autonicetime=0
sysctl -w kern.autoniceval=0

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