On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 06:13:47PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > > powertop encourages to disable polling, so it is a big point.
> I agree with you in general, but I doubt polling every 2 or 16 seconds will > make > any significant difference power consumption wise. If it requires the drive to be spun up (due to limitations in the firmware), it most certainly does. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org