From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261438AbVHBJOF (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 05:14:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261441AbVHBJOE (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 05:14:04 -0400 Received: from pollux.ds.pg.gda.pl ([153.19.208.7]:27657 "EHLO pollux.ds.pg.gda.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261438AbVHBJNP (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 05:13:15 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 11:13:13 +0200 From: Tomasz Torcz To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Power consumption HZ100, HZ250, HZ1000: new numbers Message-ID: <20050802091313.GB6724@irc.pl> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1122746718.14769.4.camel@mindpipe> <20050730195116.GB9188@elf.ucw.cz> <1122753864.14769.18.camel@mindpipe> <20050730201049.GE2093@elf.ucw.cz> <42ED32D3.9070208@andrew.cmu.edu> <20050731211020.GB27433@elf.ucw.cz> <42ED4CCF.6020803@andrew.cmu.edu> <20050731224752.GC27580@elf.ucw.cz> <1122852234.13000.27.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+g7M9IMkV8truYOl" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --+g7M9IMkV8truYOl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 08:19:42AM +0200, Stefan Seyfried wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 00:47 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: > >> I'm pretty sure at least one distro will go with HZ<300 real soon now > >> ;-). > >>=20 > >=20 > > Any idea what their official recommendation for people running apps that > > require the 1ms sleep resolution is? Something along the lines of "Get > > bent"? >=20 > MPlayer is using /dev/rtc and was running smooth for me since the good > old 2.4 days. VMware also uses /dev/rtc. So is NTP, which is needed when time drifts. But they can't use /dev/rtc simultanously, as it's single-open device. So running ntpd denies vmware and mplayer access to RTC. Bummer. --=20 Tomasz Torcz There exists no separation between gods and men: zdzichu@irc.-nie.spam-.pl one blends softly casual into the other. --+g7M9IMkV8truYOl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: gpg --search-keys Tomasz Torcz iD8DBQFC7zkpThhlKowQALQRAkVfAKDnqziyvvlL2DSsms6sqH1Ru1aLvgCfZj8l TAwvvd5uLTAIpNeSslpJ2uU= =bOOR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+g7M9IMkV8truYOl--