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From: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
To: Thomas Hood <jdthood@mail.com>
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Subject: Re: APM driver patch okay?
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Hi Thomas,

On 30 Dec 2001 15:05:54 -0500
Thomas Hood <jdthood@mail.com> wrote:

> Hi Stephen 
> 
> Just a note to say that the patch combining "idling"
> and "notification order" changes is looking good so far.
>    http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/apm.html
> (No one has complained, anyway.)  I think it's ready
> for more extensive testing.  Should it go into a 2.4.X-preY
> kernel?

OK, I have a slightly modified version of the patch that I created just
before starting my Christmas break.  The only problem is that it crashes
the kernel hard when I remove the apm module.  I have not had a chance
to get back to it since then, but I am back at work in Wednesday and
it has my highest priority at the moment.

Question:  Has anyone got any empirical evidence that this patch
improves the idling behaviour?  i.e. does it consume less power or
lower the temperature?  I intend to try to measure this on Wednesday,
but a wider set of data is always better.

Thanks again for putting these patches together.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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