linux-kernel - Re: Bug Report for Linux Kernel 3.x

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Date:	Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:46:57 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Steevven1 <steevven1@...il.com>
CC:	Anca Emanuel <anca.emanuel@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: Bug Report for Linux Kernel 3.x

On 8/24/2011 9:44 AM, Steevven1 wrote:

> VERY interesting! The second link seems to imply that Phoronix has
> independently found this same bug that we've been talking about in my
> originally-linked ubuntuforums discussion. Specifically, the
> interesting quote is:
>
> "Besides the new Linux 3.1 kernel power regression, there's also a
> power regression introduced in the Linux 3.0 kernel that has
> previously not been talked about on Phoronix. The Linux 3.0 power draw
> is up by 24% over the Linux 2.6.39 kernel."


sounds like good news; a 24% regression is MUCH easier to bisect than a 
0.05% regression ;-)

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