2007/1/17, jos poortvliet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Op woensdag 17 januari 2007, schreef Jamie McCracken: > > Im not so sure - the problem is on some machines using a sustained 100% > > cpu can cause laptops to heat up quickly, become more noisy (fans), > > drain battery life faster etc > > well, that would be a reason not to use 100% cpu, but i guess you can use some > interface to tell the kernel to use energy-saving mode even tough you're > indexing... would be a much better solution than optimizing for laptops...
While I like trackers unobtrusive way, the point about longer battery life is very likely incorrect. Having a processor run for 10min at 100% rather than 20min at 50% (or even longer as cpufreq enabled kernels will reduce the cpu frequency automatically) will most likely save more power, as the kernel can enter deeper sleep states. Throttling down the indexer process artifically prevents the kernel/cpu from doing that. I mostly agree with Jamie though. Having noisy fans and hot laptops is not great either and you have to find a compromise somehow. Maybe hal could be used to determine if the system is a desktop machine or laptop (on battery) and change the behaviour accordingly. Michael _______________________________________________ tracker-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-list
