When should ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE be set TRUE?

[Peter Whittaker]

On Sun, 2006-31-12 at 10:21 -0500, Peter Whittaker wrote:
> but according TFM, laptop mode is what allows the hard drive to spin
> down, etc. I understand why it is off - same reasoning as causes ACPI to

Shoot, forgot to mention one thing: I presume that with this setting
enabled, I will also be able to get my drive to spin down during periods
of inactivity whilst on AC power. To be honest, that's the biggest thing
I miss from Windows (I have a really noisy drive and it runs all the
time...).

So I am strongly inclined to enable this setting, and I believe it
should work fine on this machine, given a) behaviour under Windows (once
upon a time, a long time ago) and b) the apparent quality of the IBM
ACPI implementation and ThinkPads in general. But I apply the
precautionary principle myself, and given the dearth of information in
this area, I turn to you, good listers/lurkers.

Thx,

pww

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