Here is my powertop output on a macbook 3rd generation with madwifi-ng trunk. madwifi is still generating a decent number of wakeups but not as bad as before.
Cn Avg residency P-states (frequencies) C0 (cpu running) ( 4.5%) 2.17 Ghz 0.9% C1 0.0ms ( 0.0%) 2.00 Ghz 0.0% C2 5.2ms ( 8.1%) 1.84 Ghz 0.0% C3 6.9ms (87.4%) 1000 Mhz 99.1% Wakeups-from-idle per second : 143.7 interval: 15.0s Power usage (ACPI estimate): 13.8W (1.2 hours) (long term: 13.3W,/1.3h) Top causes for wakeups: 45.1% ( 83.4) <interrupt> : wifi0 16.4% ( 30.4) <interrupt> : uhci_hcd:usb4, eth0, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0000:00:02.0 6.4% ( 11.8) <kernel module> : usb_hcd_poll_rh_status (rh_timer_func) 6.0% ( 11.1) S20powernowd : queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn 4.2% ( 7.7) sleep.sh : queue_delayed_work_on (delayed_work_timer_fn 3.5% ( 6.5) <interrupt> : acpi Suggestion: Enable USB autosuspend by pressing the U key or adding usbcore.autosuspend=1 to the kernel command line in the grub config -- Unable to reach C3/C4 states while wireless is up. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118808 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs