[linux-pm] Metrics for comparing power savings of patches...

Wes Felter wesley at felter.org
Fri Mar 21 11:31:36 PDT 2008


Scott Thompson wrote:

> Also, if anyone knows of any free benchmarks, best practices, or 
> guidelines for trying to do comparative power analysis for patches 
> with wattmeters please let me know.

The gold standard appears to be the SPECpower methodology. 
http://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/docs/SPECpower-Methodology.pdf 
Unfortunately, I've heard their certified power meters are quite expensive.

Wes Felter - wesley at felter.org



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