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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
	Arve Hj?nnev?g <arve@android.com>,
	"Woodruff, Richard" <r-woodruff2@ti.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
	Kyle Moffett <kyle@moffetthome.net>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	pm list <linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>,
	mark gross <mgross@linux.intel.com>,
	Uli Luckas <u.luckas@road.de>,
	Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@nokia.com>,
	Brian Swetland <swetland@google.com>, Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFD] Automatic suspend
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 17:54:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090305165407.GB1379@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200902271622.25141.oliver@neukum.org>

On Fri 2009-02-27 16:22:19, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Freitag 27 Februar 2009 11:18:18 schrieb Pavel Machek:
> > > We can just as well have a class of tasks less important than power
> > > saving. They'd just run when power saving is not active for some other
> > > reason. Just like other such schemes we end up with the problem
> > > of priority inversion with locking.
> >
> > Ok, I guess this could be interesting in some cases... maybe. What are
> > real examples of such tasks?
> 
> The classical example is Seti@HOME.

So it is okay for you to waste 30W on seti on running machine on
battery power but you can't waste those remaining 10W...? I guess I'd
either expect seti to stop at battery power...

suspended machine 0.3W
awake machine 10W
machine running seti 40W

...? (thinkpad x60).

Ok... for something less computing intensive, it might make
sense... but I guess those examples are less widespread than you
expect.

> Any monitoring tool like umtsmon
> or kwifimanager.

I'd expect desktop environment to stop wasting cycles/electrons on
that when user can't see the screen.

-- 
(english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
(cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html

  reply	other threads:[~2009-03-05 16:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 195+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-02-15 23:10 Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-16  0:44 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16  2:12   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-16  2:20     ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16  3:23       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-16  3:30         ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 23:05         ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16  7:06       ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-16 15:40         ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 16:48           ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-16 17:31             ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 20:08               ` Kyle Moffett
2009-02-16 20:28                 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 20:39                 ` Alan Stern
2009-02-16 20:45                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 21:32                     ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-16 21:52                       ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 22:36                         ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-16 22:59                           ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 23:19                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-16 23:23                               ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-17 10:12                                 ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-17 13:58                                 ` Mark Brown
2009-02-17 14:20                                 ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-17 14:24                                   ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-17 14:56                                     ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-17 14:46                                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-17 14:51                                     ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-17 14:56                                       ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-17 15:32                                         ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-18  0:04                                           ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-18  0:18                                             ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-18  5:35                                               ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-18  0:52                                             ` mark gross
2009-02-18  5:11                                             ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-18  5:55                                               ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-18 15:15                                         ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-18 15:20                                           ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-17 14:58                                       ` Igor Stoppa
2009-02-17 15:28                                     ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-18  0:55                                       ` mark gross
2009-02-18  2:40                                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-02-18 17:48                                         ` Jesse Barnes
2009-02-18 17:52                                           ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-18 18:01                                             ` Jesse Barnes
2009-02-18 22:05                                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-03-01 22:51                                       ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 10:00                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-18  0:45                                 ` mark gross
2009-02-20  5:35                                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20 15:27                                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-20 18:22                                 ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-20 18:26                                   ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-20 20:49                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 22:43                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-16 23:41                               ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 23:08                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-17  3:09                             ` Alan Stern
2009-02-17 23:21                               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-18  4:46                                 ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-18 21:17                                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-18 22:35                                     ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-18 22:44                                       ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-18 23:04                                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-18 23:31                                         ` Alan Stern
2009-02-19 12:56                                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-19 14:59                                             ` Alan Stern
2009-02-19 21:15                                               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-19 21:56                                                 ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-19 22:08                                                 ` Alan Stern
2009-02-19 22:21                                                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-19 22:58                                                     ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-20 10:46                                                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 22:05                                                         ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-20 22:44                                                           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 23:11                                                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20 23:20                                                             ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-21  1:59                                                               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20  2:39                                                   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20 10:49                                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 11:26                                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20 15:56                                                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 16:07                                                           ` Kyle Moffett
2009-02-20 20:56                                                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 21:02                                                               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 23:03                                                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20 23:57                                                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-21  1:08                                                               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-21  9:47                                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-21 10:32                                                                   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-21 20:20                                                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-23 23:13                                                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-23 23:53                                                                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-24  0:02                                                                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-27 10:12                                                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 10:09                                                               ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 14:22                                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-27 14:29                                                                   ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-27 20:54                                                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-27 22:09                                                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-27 22:55                                                                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-27 20:40                                                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 20:55                                                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-27 22:56                                                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-27 23:44                                                                         ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-28  3:04                                                                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-28 10:18                                                                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-28 21:57                                                                           ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-28 22:53                                                                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-28 23:38                                                                               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-03-01 23:17                                                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-03-02 23:48                                                                                   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-03-03 22:39                                                                                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-03-03 23:38                                                                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-03-04  0:49                                                                                         ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-01  0:06                                                                               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-03-01  6:28                                                                                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2009-03-01  9:11                                                                                   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-03-01  9:20                                                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-03-03  1:22                                                                                   ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-03-03 13:51                                                                                     ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-04  0:06                                                                                       ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-03-04  0:47                                                                                         ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-01 23:08                                                                                 ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-03 13:57                                                                             ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-03 23:51                                                                               ` Arve Hjønnevåg
2009-02-20 23:12                                                           ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-20 23:40                                                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-20 23:45                                                               ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-21  9:52                                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-21 16:52                                                               ` Alan Stern
2009-02-21 21:14                                                                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-27 10:16                                                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 14:46                                                                     ` Alan Stern
2009-02-27 20:58                                                                       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-22 14:03                                               ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-23 14:04                                                 ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-27 10:18                                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-27 15:22                                                     ` Oliver Neukum
2009-03-05 16:54                                                       ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2009-02-27 17:09                                                     ` Chris Friesen
2009-02-27 20:46                                                       ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-05 13:48                                           ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-01 22:56                                   ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-02  8:24                                     ` Oliver Neukum
2009-03-02 14:34                                       ` Pavel Machek
2009-03-02 15:13                                       ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 23:20               ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-20 18:05                 ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16  6:23   ` Roland Dreier
2009-02-16 15:38     ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 22:47     ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16  7:02   ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-16 21:48   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-16 21:52     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-02-16 21:53     ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 22:12       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-16 22:40         ` Alan Stern
2009-02-16 22:56           ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 23:28             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-17  2:43             ` Alan Stern
2009-02-17  2:57               ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-17  3:26                 ` Alan Stern
2009-02-16 23:02           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-17  2:56             ` Alan Stern
2009-02-17 23:26               ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-18  8:53                 ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-18 14:51                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-18 15:05                     ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-18 15:10                       ` Alan Stern
2009-02-18 15:55                         ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-18 16:39                           ` Alan Stern
2009-02-18 17:10                             ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-18 15:09                     ` Alan Stern
2009-02-16 22:51     ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16 22:55       ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-02-16 23:00       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-16 23:18         ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16 23:29       ` Oliver Neukum
2009-02-16 22:58 ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16 23:13   ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-16 23:22     ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-16 23:26       ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-17 14:14         ` Brian Swetland
2009-02-17 14:19           ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-17 21:57     ` mark gross
2009-02-17 22:04       ` Matthew Garrett
2009-02-17 22:19         ` Jesse Barnes
2009-02-17 23:28           ` Woodruff, Richard
2009-02-18  0:34           ` mark gross
2009-02-18 17:30       ` Chris Ball
2009-02-16 23:26   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-02-22 13:46     ` Pavel Machek
2009-02-18  0:27 ` mark gross
2009-02-18 21:11   ` Rafael J. Wysocki

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