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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:56:22 -0500 (EST)
From: stewart@neuron.com
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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Subject: Re: kapm-idled : is this a bug?
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very helpful.

Technical merits and voter intent aside, this behavior is misleading and
inconsistent with previous kernels. Tools like top or a CPU dock applet show
a constantly loaded CPU. Hacking them to deduct the load from 'kapm-idled'
seems like the wrong answer.

stewart


On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Rik van Riel wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 stewart@neuron.com wrote:
> 
> 	[snip whine]
> 
> >  I've consistently re-produced this on my Dell Latitude CS laptop. I'm
> >  wondering if this will reduce battery life since the CPU is constantly
> >  being loaded instead of properly idled.
> 
> What do you suppose the 'idled' in 'kapm-idled' stands for?
> 
> Rik




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