From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261733AbVHBT0p (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 15:26:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261735AbVHBT0p (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 15:26:45 -0400 Received: from gate.in-addr.de ([212.8.193.158]:20962 "EHLO mx.in-addr.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261733AbVHBT0o (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 15:26:44 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 21:26:07 +0200 From: Lars Marowsky-Bree To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Power consumption HZ100, HZ250, HZ1000: new numbers Message-ID: <20050802192607.GY12868@marowsky-bree.de> References: <20050731224752.GC27580@elf.ucw.cz> <1122852234.13000.27.camel@mindpipe> <20050801074447.GJ9841@khan.acc.umu.se> <42EE4B4A.80602@andrew.cmu.edu> <20050801204245.GC17258@thunk.org> <42EEFB9B.10508@andrew.cmu.edu> <42EF70BD.7070804@earthlink.net> <1122991380.5490.24.camel@mindpipe> <42EF8687.1000605@pobox.com> <1122994321.5490.50.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1122994321.5490.50.camel@mindpipe> X-Ctuhulu: HASTUR User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2005-08-02T10:52:00, Lee Revell wrote: > > Power consumption matters to server, desktop, and laptop. > > > > Assuming this is a laptop issue is wildly incorrect. > > I would think you'd get the best power/performance ration from a desktop > by just having it suspend after 5 or 10 minutes of idle time. > > Oh well, I'll shut up, I've already demonstrated a complete ignorance of > new hardware. Lee, that is a very impressive statement to make in public, and not many people are capable of admitting that they were wrong, or that their focus has been too narrow. It's great to see this discussion has proven instructing to you. Sincerely, Lars Marowsky-Brée -- High Availability & Clustering SUSE Labs, Research and Development SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - A Novell Business -- Charles Darwin "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"