linux-kernel - Re: Battery life difference

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Message-ID: <31e679430807051244k55efa331rdb57673db5ac37cf@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 5 Jul 2008 22:44:35 +0300
From:	"Felipe Balbi" <felipebalbi@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	"Kernel development list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Battery life difference

Hi,

On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:
> actually.. it needs to/is moving into the driver. This sort of decision
> needs to just happen locally in the driver; the idea that you can make
> power decisions (rather than policy decisions) on a global level is
> just no longer true (if it ever was).

Got your point. Just like in omap, we're putting everything in the driver
itself.

> Actually I thought this was already in the 2.6.26-rc kernel series
> driver...

At least powertop still complains about it. Maybe it's queued for
2.6.27 ?

btw, do you know if any company is selling x-series power adapters
to be attached to controlled power supplies or would I have to cut one of
my power supply cords (not willing to do that :-p)?

-- 
Best Regards,

Felipe Balbi
felipebalbi@...rs.sourceforge.net
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