Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:56:22 -0500 (EST) | From | stewart@neuron ... | Subject | Re: kapm-idled : is this a bug? |
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very helpful.
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.
stewart
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 stewart@neuron.com wrote: > > [snip whine] > > > I've consistently re-produced this on my Dell Latitude CS laptop. I'm > > wondering if this will reduce battery life since the CPU is constantly > > being loaded instead of properly idled. > > What do you suppose the 'idled' in 'kapm-idled' stands for? > > Rik
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