Re: Power consumption HZ100, HZ250, HZ1000: new numbers

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

> > > I think this is a good argument for leaving HZ at 1000 until some of
> > > these userspace bugs are fixed.
> > 
> > WTF? HZ=1000 eats energy like crazy. artsd eats energy like crazy. And
> > you advocate breaking kernel because artsd is broken?!
> 
> Maybe I am showing my ignorance as a non-laptop user.  Is 6.67mW a
> really big difference?

First numbers were 0.5W on idle system; that shows what kind of
powersaving can be done. Powersaving is no longer possible when artsd
is not running, but that should not be used as argument against it.

								Pavel
-- 
if you have sharp zaurus hardware you don't need... you know my address
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/