Am 04.11.2012 10:23, schrieb Mick:
> I am configuring the 3.5.7 kernel and it brought this up:
> ========================================================
> CONFIG_PM_AUTOSLEEP:
> 
> Allow the kernel to trigger a system transition into a global sleep
> state automatically whenever there are no active wakeup sources.
> 
> Symbol: PM_AUTOSLEEP [=n]
> Type  : boolean
> Prompt: Opportunistic sleep
>   Defined at kernel/power/Kconfig:106
>   Depends on: PM_SLEEP [=y]
>   Location:
>     -> Power management and ACPI options
> ========================================================
> 
> but I am not sure what the impact of it will be.  In particular, I would like 
> to avoid sluggishness in the off chance the laptop is thinking that it should 
> start placing devices into sleep, when I am still using the machine.  I 
> recall 
> some laptop option/service causing mplayer stopping and restarting when 
> running on battery in the past, so I am keen to avoid something similar.
> 
> Have you any experience of how this behaves?

That's meant for smartphone-like devices. It's an alternative to
Android's suspend system. https://lwn.net/Articles/479841/

Regards,
Florian Philipp

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