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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 21:27:09 -0500 From: "Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com> To: "Pierre Ossman" <drzeus-list@...eus.cx> Cc: "Venkatesh Pallipadi" <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>, "Adam Belay" <abelay@...ell.com>, linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] cpuidle: avoid singing capacitors On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx> wrote: > Many devices today are of a less than stellar quality, and singing > transistors are a common problem. A high-pitch noise is created, caused > by power fluctuations as the processor enters and leaves deep sleep at > a high frequency. > > Instead of just disabling the deep sleep (which wastes power). This > patch merely reduces the number of times it is entered so that the > frequency doesn't exceed 500 Hz. That should make sure the problem is > inaudible. Should there be a comment stating the motivation for the change? Thanks for trying to address this problem, I know many users who are afflicted. Lee -- 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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