* Pavel Machek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050119 01:44]: > > > > > Please note that this patch alone does not help much with > > power savings. More work is needed in that area to make the > > system take advantage of the idle time inbetween the skipped > > ticks. > > Well, having HZ=100 instead of HZ=1000 has measurable benefits on > power consumption. This should be at least as good, no?
HZ=100 does not allow improving the idle loop much further from what we have. We should be able to take advantage of the longer idle/sleep periods inbetween the skipped ticks. Tony - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
