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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 21:27:09 -0500
From: "Lee Revell" <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
To: "Pierre Ossman" <drzeus-list@drzeus.cx>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] cpuidle: avoid singing capacitors
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On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@drzeus.cx> wrote:
> Many devices today are of a less than stellar quality, and singing
>  transistors are a common problem. A high-pitch noise is created, caused
>  by power fluctuations as the processor enters and leaves deep sleep at
>  a high frequency.
>
>  Instead of just disabling the deep sleep (which wastes power). This
>  patch merely reduces the number of times it is entered so that the
>  frequency doesn't exceed 500 Hz. That should make sure the problem is
>  inaudible.

Should there be a comment stating the motivation for the change?

Thanks for trying to address this problem, I know many users who are afflicted.

Lee
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