On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> Is it really worth the trouble since the wait-on-irq mode can be used when
> there's nothing left to do? Having a hier clock rate will just lead the
> CPU faster in the idle mode and stay longer idle. Power saving should be
> about the same in both cases.
In terms of power consumption of the core itself, that's certainly true.
But real miserly folks like to worry about the current draw of the PLL and
peripheral circuits that aren't affected by idle mode. I wonder, Deborah,
do you have any figures?
Cheers,
- Ben.
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