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On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 08:13:09AM -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote:

> So basically, on ACPI systems, runtime PM doesn't get you any power
> savings for most devices.  

I'd say it does for most devices, but the power savings may not be as 
great as they would be with fine-grained control over power rails.

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