laptop-mode disabled in kernel?

[James Gray]

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O. Sinclair wrote:
> Just an added comment to all this; it should be a Wiki-comment or even
> an install-recommendation to avoid journaling filesystems for laptops.
> Come to think of it - do I have to stay clear of Reiserfs for root / as
> well?

Not really.  Journaling file systems don't all behave like ext3.  Most
only sync when necessary (reiserfs/jfs/xfs/etc).  AFAIK it's only ext3
that has this constant synchronisation thing.  In which case it should
be specifically avoided for laptops.

Cheers,

James
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