Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754188AbYGETes (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jul 2008 15:34:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752533AbYGETel (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jul 2008 15:34:41 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:49984 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752473AbYGETek (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jul 2008 15:34:40 -0400 Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 12:34:38 -0700 From: Arjan van de Ven To: "Felipe Balbi" Cc: "Kernel development list" , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Battery life difference Message-ID: <20080705123438.15c8de40@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <31e679430807051041w6dd9b917xc51f31f66fbd65d3@mail.gmail.com> References: <31e679430807050617u3fc706fasee9bb43a151c501f@mail.gmail.com> <20080705082352.4b6be669@infradead.org> <31e679430807050844r30ff74fby7e15641573b42d82@mail.gmail.com> <20080705085432.2f9b2964@infradead.org> <31e679430807051041w6dd9b917xc51f31f66fbd65d3@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Intel X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.10; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by casper.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1148 Lines: 35 On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 20:41:07 +0300 "Felipe Balbi" wrote: > > Cool, now I'm using current linux 2.6.26-rc8 from git > b8a0b6ccf2ba2519ace65d782b41ee91bf3c3778 > > Now I'm reaching 9.8w consumption :-) > > Really good improvements. cool > > btw, any plans to move some of the powertop features to acpid ? > I mean, the wireless pm for iwl4965 could be there, couldn't it ? actually.. it needs to/is moving into the driver. This sort of decision needs to just happen locally in the driver; the idea that you can make power decisions (rather than policy decisions) on a global level is just no longer true (if it ever was). Actually I thought this was already in the 2.6.26-rc kernel series driver... -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@linux.intel.com For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/