From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261382AbVHBFwL (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 01:52:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261383AbVHBFwL (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 01:52:11 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:63930 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261382AbVHBFwK (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 01:52:10 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch] i386 dynamic ticks 2.6.13-rc4 (code reordered) From: Lee Revell To: Con Kolivas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tony@atomide.com, tuukka.tikkanen@elektrobit.com, ck@vds.kolivas.org In-Reply-To: <200508021549.48711.kernel@kolivas.org> References: <200508021443.55429.kernel@kolivas.org> <200508021549.48711.kernel@kolivas.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 01:52:07 -0400 Message-Id: <1122961928.5490.10.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 15:49 +1000, Con Kolivas wrote: > As a crude data point of idle system running a full kde desktop > environment on > powersave with minimal backlight and just chatting on IRC I find it's > just > under 10% battery life difference. Have you tried the same test but without artsd, or with it configured to release the sound device after some reasonable time, like 1-2s? Lee