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Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:11:44 +0200 From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de> To: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Subject: Re: blink driver power saving Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> wrote: > On Monday 02 July 2007 00:14, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> On Sun, 1 Jul 2007, Andi Kleen wrote: >> > What is so bad with it? Note it's a debugging facility and used >> > for kcrash kernels where the video output doesn't work. But they >> > normally only run a few minutes to dump the previous state to disk >> > and then reboot. >> >> It has been a total disaster from beginning to end. >> >> It wastes power. > > Again: > It's not intended for normal kernels. It's a debugging feature. > It's not intended for normal kernels. It's a debugging feature. > It's not intended for normal kernels. It's a debugging feature. > > Got it now? Power wasting or not just doesn't matter for it. There may be some setups that would overheat due to the sudden load, while still running fine under normal conditions. Especially if the fan is off or broken. -- Fun things to slip into your budget An abacus Friß, Spammer: FK2F@...hXY.7eggert.dyndns.org u@...ggfIq.7eggert.dyndns.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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