[ltp] Re: Set-up for an x301?

Per Dalgas Jakobsen linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:36:30 +0100


Hi,

>>I have fetched the latest stable kernel 2.6.28...

>Good, I found 2.6.28 to improve my power
>consumtion a lot. 2.6.27 did generate a lot of
>interupts from the i915 chip.

Sounds like I'm on the right track :-)


>>*) Should I use Swap-partition or not? Will no-swap affect
>>suspend/resume actions?

>You need a swap partition for hibernation. Swap
>also helps against memory fragmentation.

Hmm you are probably right - Come to think of it, it will probably also
cause the fewest problems to have it enabled.


>>*) Which file-system should I use for the SSD drive (or which
>>file-system should I avoid)?

>I would use the default FS of your distribution.
>I'm not sure if there is anything optimized for
>SSDs yet.

EXT3 it is then...


Thanks for your help so far.

~Per