On 09/10/2007, walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > > On 09/10/2007, Matthew Dillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> ... > >> The real issue here is probably cutting down on timer events when a > >> system is idle - almost certainly to improve the efficiency of > >> virtualized systems... > > > It might be useful for power consumption purposes, too. > > > > For example, on my Core 2 Duo Allendale box, default FreeBSD > > 7.0-CURRENT consumes about 2W more power in the idle loop than > > DragonFly BSD or OpenBSD due to the increased number of clock > > interrupts that it processes... > > Interesting point, thanks. How do you measure power consumption?
I use a device called Kill A Watt: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882715001 C.
