Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: kapm-idled Funny in 2.4.10-ac12? | Date | Fri, 12 Oct 2001 15:21:57 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> extra CPU cycles (in 2.4.10-ac1) I now notice that xosview is showing > CPU usage when things are quiet as hopping up and down, and top is > reporting kapm-idled CPU usage as in the mid to high 50 percent range. > > Under 2.4.10-ac1 top used to put kapm-idled in the very high 90 > percent range. > > Does this mean my laptop will get less battery life?
Is your laptop logging messages in the process ? (dmesg)
One thing I changed in -ac was to do sane things when the apm idle request comes back with "no" from the BIOS
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