[SOLVED] Laptop vs desktop kernel

[zugunder]

Hi,

It happened that I occasionally bumped into a package with kernel-laptop-tmb in Mageia repos. As far as I remember, there was no such thing as a separate laptop-optimized kernel for Mandriva, so I am kind of intrigued...
Sure, I installed it but of course after a couple of hours of usual activity can't see any differences compared to a desktop kernel, which is understandable.
Could anyone (a developer or maintainer) describe the difference between these two kernels in a couple of words - just to know where to look for laptop-optimized features (if there are any)?

Thank you.

[doktor5000]

There is no kernel-laptop-whatsoever package for Mageia ...
It's kernel-tmb-laptop. The most important features can be seen from the descripton of the package:

[doktor5000@mageia1 ~]$ urpmf --description kernel-tmb-laptop-2.6.38.7-1.mga
kernel-tmb-laptop-2.6.38.7-1.mga:
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your
Mageia.Org Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc. This kernel is compiled for laptop use, single or
multiple x86_64 processor(s)/core(s), using HZ_250 to save battery,
voluntary preempt, BFS cpu scheduler, cfq i/o scheduler and some other
laptop-specific optimizations. If you want to sacrifice battery life for
performance, you better use the kernel-tmb-desktop.
This kernel relies on in-kernel smp alternatives to switch between up & smp
mode depending on detected hardware. To force the kernel to boot in single
processor mode, use the "nosmp" boot parameter.
NOTE! This kernel also uses TuxOnIce by default.

[zugunder]

Sorry, did not notice that... my fault.
Thank you.