On 12/5/2010 3:04 AM, moltonel 3x Combo wrote:
> On 12/4/10, waterloo<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>> Top causes for wakeups:
>>>    45.7% (1061.8)   [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick
>>>    24.7% (574.5)   [extra timer interrupt]
>>>    10.9% (253.3)   PS/2 keyboard/mouse/touchpad interrupt
> Just checking: make sure you're not touching your
> mouse/touchpad/keyboard during one full powertop "cycle". Those
> generate a lot of interrupts which are, for powertop purposes, just
> noise.

don't make the mistake of thinking that those don't burn power....

> Try also unpluging your mouse, as some low-quality mice "move"
> on their own. If none of that made a difference, I leave you in this
> mailing list's (more) able hands.


another suggestion is to use the powertop 2.x prototype code from git; 
it's trying to be much
more advanced and smart about what uses power..

git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/status/powertop/powertop.git


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