On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Tiago Marques <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me see if I understand what you said. I understand how it works on > desktop and regular laptops. You load the module for the specific power > saving feature and either a kernel module to do the job
I am far from being a true expert in the topic, but I think your understanding dates back to an earlier era. Do read the LWN writeup (should get out of paywall today/tomorrow) http://lwn.net/Articles/384146/ -- also the website where powertop is hosted/discussed has excellent info. Running powertop on your machine is hugely informational once you've read the powertop website docs. > Now the XO 1.5, AFAIK, isn't doing it the kernel is doing its part, and powerd is doing the other part... hth, m -- [email protected] [email protected] -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
