On 8/10/07, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ok
I didn't say it does not matter I just explained what gpm does in fact I run a patched x86_64 tickless kernel on my server because power savings _do_ matter ;)
On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 23:56 +0200, dragoran wrote:
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> On 8/9/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [..]
> echo 5 > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
>
> gnome-power-manager already sets this (only to 2 but it does) when
> running on battery.
> also it does not use 5 to avoid to many spindown cycles
laptop mode does not spin down the disk. It just clusters IO.
ok
And it's useful everywhere, not just when on battery...
Let me say that again: Power saving matters everywhere, not just on
battery. Just ask any sysadmin who runs a datacenter...
I didn't say it does not matter I just explained what gpm does in fact I run a patched x86_64 tickless kernel on my server because power savings _do_ matter ;)
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