Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 12 Dec 2000 00:49:52 +0100 | From | Kurt Garloff <> | Subject | Re: kapm-idled : is this a bug? |
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On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 01:56:22PM -0500, stewart@neuron.com wrote: > Technical merits and voter intent aside, this behavior is misleading and > inconsistent with previous kernels. Tools like top or a CPU dock applet show > a constantly loaded CPU. Hacking them to deduct the load from 'kapm-idled' > seems like the wrong answer.
Even worse: Formerly you could take conclusions from the sys part of your load. This is not possible any more. I dislike this as well and consider it a cosmetical bug. (Which is much better than a real bug, don't get me wrong. I fixing the cosmetical one introduces a real one: Don't do it!)
Regards, -- Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de> Eindhoven, NL GPG key: See mail header, key servers Linux kernel development SuSE GmbH, Nuernberg, FRG SCSI, Security [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] |  |