From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 06:39:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 06:39:48 -0400 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:261 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 06:39:37 -0400 Subject: Re: VCool - cool your Athlon/Duron during idle To: andrew.grover@intel.com (Grover, Andrew) Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:42:52 +0100 (BST) Cc: jan@gondor.com ('Jan Niehusmann'), Dieter.Nuetzel@hamburg.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Dieter_N=FCtzel?=), alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Linux Kernel List), mpet@bigfoot.de ('mpet@bigfoot.de') In-Reply-To: <4148FEAAD879D311AC5700A0C969E89006CDE0B7@orsmsx35.jf.intel.com> from "Grover, Andrew" at Aug 27, 2001 02:26:09 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > handle a too-hot cpu, but all C2/C3 gets you is reduced power when = > idle. > This results in better battery life on a laptop but that is irrelevant = > on a > desktop system. Thus speaks the country with chronic californian power shortages, and that wouldn't sign up to a global accord on global warming 8) C2 and C3 are useful IMHO even on a desktop PC. The slight hit on the transition is not noticable, the change on the power bill is. Alan