Hi,
On Sunday, 19 August 2007 15:32, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi all, hi Rafael,
>
> Running kernel 2.6.23-rc3-git1, I noticed yesterday that my CPU (AMD
> Sempron 2600+) was running at a much lower temperature when
> CONFIG_SUSPEND was enabled.
Hm, interesting.
> The temperature difference was quite significant, about 6 degrees Celsius at
> idle. Measuring the power consumption of my system confirmed that the energy
> savings were real: with CONFIG_SUSPEND=n, the system consumes 80 W of power
> (idle), while with CONFIG_SUSPEND=y, the system consumes only 69 W (idle)!
> Can anyone explain how this works?
I can't.
> I didn't expect CONFIG_SUSPEND to make any difference before actually
> switching the system to standby or suspend state.
Yes, that's the expected behavior.
> I tried the same trick on two Intel motherboards I use for testing, but
> this option didn't seem to make any difference in the power consumption
> for these.
Do you have CONFIG_HIBERNATION set? If not, please see if setting it instead
of CONFIG_SUSPEND leads to the same result on the affected box (ie. running
at lower temperatures).
Greetings,
Rafael
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