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

Pavel Machek
2005-07-30T20:13:51Z

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
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