Re: APM driver patch okay?

Stephen Rothwell (sfr@canb.auug.org.au)
Mon, 31 Dec 2001 12:02:36 +1100


Hi Thomas,

On 30 Dec 2001 15:05:54 -0500
Thomas Hood <jdthood@mail.com> wrote:

> Hi Stephen
>
> Just a note to say that the patch combining "idling"
> and "notification order" changes is looking good so far.
> http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/apm.html
> (No one has complained, anyway.) I think it's ready
> for more extensive testing. Should it go into a 2.4.X-preY
> kernel?

OK, I have a slightly modified version of the patch that I created just
before starting my Christmas break. The only problem is that it crashes
the kernel hard when I remove the apm module. I have not had a chance
to get back to it since then, but I am back at work in Wednesday and
it has my highest priority at the moment.

Question: Has anyone got any empirical evidence that this patch
improves the idling behaviour? i.e. does it consume less power or
lower the temperature? I intend to try to measure this on Wednesday,
but a wider set of data is always better.

Thanks again for putting these patches together.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@canb.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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