Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758265Ab1EaIXB (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 May 2011 04:23:01 -0400 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:39144 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758078Ab1EaIW6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 May 2011 04:22:58 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.3-dev To: "D. Jansen" Cc: david@lang.hm, Theodore Tso , Oliver Neukum , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dave Chinner , njs@pobox.com, bart@samwel.tk Subject: Re: [rfc] Ignore Fsync Calls in Laptop_Mode In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 30 May 2011 23:24:03 +0200." From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <201105231012.06928.oneukum@suse.de> <20110525000003.GJ32466@dastard> <201105250850.12179.oneukum@suse.de> <410B37BE-E380-40D0-82AA-48B56F389E16@mit.edu> <20110526133155.GH9520@thunk.org> <20110526162138.GN9520@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1306830145_2772P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 04:22:25 -0400 Message-ID: <20211.1306830145@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.152 auth3.smtp.vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Mirapoint-IP-Reputation: reputation=neutral-1, source=Fixed, refid=n/a, actions=MAILHURDLE SPF TAG X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=vivi.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A020204.4DE4A546.0098,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=71.62.120.129, so=2010-07-22 22:03:31, dmn=2009-09-10 00:05:08, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1148 Lines: 37 --==_Exmh_1306830145_2772P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 30 May 2011 23:24:03 +0200, =22D. Jansen=22 said: > > do you really have so many fsync's going on that the disk spins up so= much > > that you would gain 10-20% battery life? >=20 > Yes. Every autosave in LibreOffice triggers one. And I want autosave, > but I want them in memory, not on disk. I think what you want from autosave isn't what the LibreOffice team wants= from autosave. Remember, if they're in memory, they aren't *really* save= d. --==_Exmh_1306830145_2772P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFN5KVBcC3lWbTT17ARAuEMAKCiuITwQT7aZZUlPGGEsOkL20MR8ACfV2mK 2co3Kt+bJ6jsBfOtf2woJtw= =z+cb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1306830145_2772P-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/