Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:39:18 -0500 | From | "Dmitry Torokhov" <> | Subject | Re: Status of X86_P4_CLOCKMOD? |
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On 2/28/06, Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 03:26:32PM -0600, Matt Mackall wrote: > > > So even if the battery lasts longer, you don't have anything of it, 'cause > > > the CPU can even compute _less_ in this longer time-span. Remember that > > > idling doesn't count... > > > > Which is different from other power-saving modes how? If it means I > > can read my email longer on the plane, it's a power-saving mode. > > But you can't... [*] ... > [*] unless the idling algorithm is broken and does not enter C2-type idle > states.
Or box does not support anything but C1.
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