On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 03:20:21PM +0800, Ocean Spring wrote:
> does anyone cross-compile powertop to make it work under any other
> architecture, e.g. ARM processors or MIP?

make CC=arm-unknown-linux-gcc

> and i want to know whether it is feasible to cross-compile powertop to other
> architecture for power consumption measurement?

Powertop needs ACPI for power estimates, so that won't work on
platforms without ACPI. You can however get the wakeup information.

> i just wonder the result generated by cross-compiled powertop on other
> architecture would be same accurate as it is running on Intel/AMD PCs.

Wakeup information should be as accurate.

> i have some suggestions on powertop:
> 
> 1) maybe it is possible for powertop to generate data which can be loaded in
> Openoffice Calc or M$ Excel.
> 2) maybe it is possible to generated some visual stuff directly from
> powertop, some charts for example.

Why? Once you have the data in a file, you can use any visualisation
tool (gnuplot, OO Calc, or even Excel).
 
> 3) maybe some powertopGUI can be created?

What exactly should that GUI display that can't be done in the current
text interface?


Erik

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