Ok, I trust him.
I was wrong
On 4/25/07, Thomas Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Davide Bertola schrieb:
> On 4/24/07, Sven Anders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Sheer El-Showk schrieb:
>>
>>
>>>> On my system osx idles at ~1200 mA, linux does 16 W -> 1600 mA.
>>>>
>> My MacBook Pro idles at 32W almost constantly.
>>
>
> 32W means you get almost 1,5 hours. That's ridicolus.
> Maybe your scaling governor is not working, or battery is not
calibrated..
> Then you have a macbook pro so you may have that problem with ati
drivers.
>
>
>>>> It's also hotter when using linux. Why ?
>>>> I guess:
>>>> - Lack of C4 state support.
>>>>
>> I think Linux is using C4(E) state too, but it does not stay as long
>> as MacOSX in it.
>>
>>
> You think, but it's not true. linux sees onlin C1 C2 and C3 state. On
> some macbooks pro only C1 and C2. You can verify that looking
> somewhere in /proc or /sys I don't remember now.
>
>
Better trust him. Linux does use C4 state. See also
http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg00918.html
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