[Pm-utils] powertop suggestions

Arjan van de Ven arjan at linux.intel.com
Wed Jun 27 13:50:36 PDT 2007


Richard Hughes wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 13:37 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>> Richard Hughes wrote:
>>> When using powertop I'm told to do:
>>>
>>> echo 1500 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
>> that is mostly because fedora sets it to 30 (300ms) on AC (which is 
>> insanely short)
> 
> What are the ideal values for this on AC and battery?

500 isn't all that bad. 30 is.

> 
>>> echo 5 > /proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode
>> this probably just wants to be done always, regardless of AC/battery
> 
> Can this default just be changed in the kernel?

the kernel default is 500...


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