Re: [Tails-dev] Please review & merge bugfix/less-aggressiv…

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Author: Alan
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To: tails-dev
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Please review & merge bugfix/less-aggressive-hard-disk-APM-on-AC
Hi,

On Sun, 3 Mar 2013 08:15:48 +0200 Maxim Kammerer <mk@???> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 1:02 AM, intrigeri <intrigeri@???> wrote:
> > But well, I guess Maxim will come out with a few bug reports that
> > clearly show that -B 254 is harmful ;)
>
> Well, if you insist…
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695/comments/286
>

Thanks for the pointer

[...]
>
> The problem is that -B254 will probably prevent drive spindown for
> most people, so it's a tradeoff, and I don't think that one or even
> several reports from users warrant turning power management off,
> especially for a live distribution that does not require a hard drive.
> Those users should file bugs against respective kernel modules. People
> probably experience issues due to wireless power saving, etc., as well
> — there is no one setting for any device that makes everyone happy.
>

I don't buy this position, as this branch is here to fix issues
appearing for some people that are fixed by -B254 but happening with
-B128.

Cheers