On Mon, Jan 08, 2001 at 02:30:04PM -0500 Brian Connelly wrote: Hi,
could you please learn how to quote? One's own additions always belong below the part you are refering to. I corrected this for you this time. >> Hi I just instoled kernel 2.4 on my Tosh Satelite pro 4320 and I found that >> proces kapm-idled is taking quite a lot of CPU time this is line from top > I noticed the same process running on my laptop. Basically what > kapm-idled is supposed to to is tell the kernel/hardware that the machine > is idle, and, on some machines, power savings MAY occur. I disabled it > myself.. > > For more information, check out CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE Yes and you should have recognized that there are no negative side effects of kapm-idled it does _not_ consume CPU Power which would be needed otherwise. Test it while encoding videos or something else which should consume all CPU-power by itself. So you could say it is a cosmetical bug, but not more. Stefan -- friendly greetings from Chelmsford/Britain Playing now: Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
