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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:26:47 +0200
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lenb@...nel.org, mingo@...e.hu,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org, peterz@...radead.org,
yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
jens.axboe@...cle.com
Subject: Re: PATCH] cpuidle: A new variant of the menu governor to boost IO
performance
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:03:09 +0100
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
> When you say that a bit more power was used, is that instantaneous
> power draw or total power consumption over the run of the benchmark?
> I'd have expected that completing it 50% faster and then going idle
> would be a win overall.
I meant power, not total energy :-)
in terms of energy it's a win if you only do a fixed amount of work...
>
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