[linux-pm] [PATCH] cpuidle: avoid singing capacitors

Pavel Machek pavel at ucw.cz
Mon Mar 3 13:08:39 PST 2008


On Mon 2008-03-03 22:03:10, Pierre Ossman wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:46:03 +0100
> Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz> wrote:
> 
> > >  
> > > +static unsigned int min_deep_sleep = 2000;
> > > +
> > 
> > Well, why not, but I believe we should default to old behaviour... not
> > all machines are cheaply-build.
> 
> One would hope. ;)
> 
> But the problem is that most people will not be able to find this
> option (or even know such an option exists). I'd guess the distros will
> just end up having this on by default anyway. And since I could not
> measure any extra power drain, I believe it's hard to justify having it
> off by default (more than by pure principle).

So just leave it off by default, and let distros break their own
kernels ;-).
									Pavel
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