-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Arjan van de Ven wrote: > Németh Márton wrote: >> Hi, >> >> my computer mostly wakes because of '<interrupt> : extra timer >> interrupt". I killed all processes and removed the all the kernel >> modules what I could. Then I checked the /proc/timer_list, it showed >> two timer sources: pit and lapic. > > the PIT has a maximum time it can wait of about 26ms or so, which means > you will wake up 37 times per second just for "nothing". If you enable > HPET this will be much longer..
So 37 wakeups is rock bottom for the pit timer? I've been there :-) Prolly the web page might mention this lower limit for the "antique" chipsets (ICH-4 here). Best, Andre -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGWzkZhYOgL/M0VS0RCv5eAKC9n1a47xjSar09BqoTvE6wyaF/ugCgm7df 3QP0anl+AUGTsVH+jIFHykQ= =Mqm7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Power mailing list [email protected] http://www.bughost.org/mailman/listinfo/power
