From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:59:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:59:05 -0500 Received: from passion.cambridge.redhat.com ([172.16.18.67]:26753 "EHLO passion.cambridge.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:58:50 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: David Woodhouse X-Accept-Language: en_GB In-Reply-To: <20010105085514.A12902@bluemug.com> In-Reply-To: <20010105085514.A12902@bluemug.com> To: Mike Touloumtzis Cc: Alan Cox , David Lang , Daniel Phillips , Helge Hafting , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Journaling: Surviving or allowing unclean shutdown? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 16:57:42 +0000 Message-ID: <11503.978713862@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org miket@bluemug.com said: > Many newer cell phones, even low spec ones, will have a software > power switch (usually with a hardware override after about 5 seconds > of continuous press). There are many other concessions that need to > be made to power efficiency, like the ability to toggle power to even > very minor peripherals and chips (not only each CPU and DSP, but the > bus controllers and UARTs connecting things together). These things > sell in the millions, so their designers can easily budget the custom > logic. Even if it only costs pennies - why on earth would someone want to add logic to a board when they could just fix the software? It soon adds up when you ship a million units. -- dwmw2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/