Re: community PM requirements/issues and PowerOP [Was: Re: So, what's the status on the recent patches here?]

Igor Stoppa
2006-09-18T12:01:15Z

On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 12:53 +0200, ext Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Mon 2006-09-18 13:46:04, Amit Kucheria wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 14:34 +0200, ext Pavel Machek wrote:
> >
> > > > OMAP1 hardware is easily had; an OSK, or a Nokia N770. The latter is
> > > > battery powered already, without the hardware mods...
> > >
> > > Well, I already have zaurus, and nokia 770 is inferior AFAICT. So the
> > > next one will be linux cellphone...
> > >
> > > (And IIRC zaurus lasts longer on batteries than 770 does... or at
> > > least comparable. Maybe OMAP is more complex, but is it actually good
> > > thing?)
> >
> > Wifi + Significantly higher resolution display tend to play a 'small'
> > role in this.
>
> 640x480 display vs. 800x480 display does not sound like _that_ big
> deal to me. You are right with wifi, that beasts eat 1W-or-so. (and it
> would be great if someone implemented wifi power saving...)
>
> Pavel

wifi power saving does exist and you have it already in 770
and also color depth probably affects performance: do they have the same
number of bits per pixel?
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Cheers,
Igor

Igor Stoppa (Nokia M - OSSO / Tampere)