Is there a way to give inode entries a higher cache priority than data in the linux kernel?

[Carsten.Koch at icem.com (Carsten Koch)]

Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
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>> 1) Is there a bug in the linux kernel that makes it spin up
>>    the disk needlessly even if the data are still in the cache?
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> I haven't tried or read it myself, but this:
> Documentation/laptop-mode.txt
> might contain the information you need.

Correct.
Interesting information.
I'll try it out.

Thanks, Matthias!
Carsten.