Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Dynamic tick for x86 version 050610-1 | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Sat, 18 Jun 2005 16:30:32 +1000 |
| |
> I'm try to port it powerpc, Here is a patch. > > Port Dynamic Tick Timer to new platform is easy. :) > 1) Find the reprogram timer interface. > 2) do a hook in the idle function. > > That worked on my PowerBookG4 12'.
Did you get a measurable gain on power consumption ?
Last time I toyed with this, I didn't.
Ben.
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |