From: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
To: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Cc: linux-pm@lists.linux-foundation.org, x86@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] idle-test patches queued for upstream
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 13:42:32 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1005281339010.4045@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201005281007.34706.trenn@suse.de>
> > Yes, Windows uses ACPI.
> > On the Dell above, that is why Linux consumes 15% less idle power
> > and why Linux can take advantage of turbo mode and Windows can not.
> You always propageted to stay Windows compatible...
> Now we go the untested way.
> Let's see how much machines will break...
>
> Thanks for clarifications,
Don't get me wrong, Linux' ACPI "compatibility" is a huge asset.
However, there are opportunities for Linux to do better than Windows,
and I believe this is one of them. Yes, when we take the risk of
doing something that Windows does not do, there will always be
the possibility that we will fail.
cheers,
-Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-28 17:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-27 2:42 Len Brown
2010-05-27 2:42 ` [PATCH 1/8] cpuidle: fail to register if !CONFIG_CPU_IDLE Len Brown
2010-05-27 2:42 ` [PATCH 2/8] cpuidle: add cpuidle_unregister_driver() error check Len Brown
2010-05-27 3:14 ` Andrew Morton
2010-05-27 5:11 ` [PATCH-v2 " Len Brown
2010-05-27 5:13 ` Andrew Morton
2010-05-27 2:42 ` [PATCH 3/8] cpuidle: make cpuidle_curr_driver static Len Brown
2010-05-27 5:27 ` [PATCH-v2 " Len Brown
2010-05-27 18:40 ` Luck, Tony
2010-05-27 23:30 ` Len Brown
2010-05-27 2:42 ` [PATCH 4/8] ACPI: allow a native cpuidle driver to displace ACPI Len Brown
2010-05-27 2:42 ` [PATCH 5/8] sched: clarify commment for TS_POLLING Len Brown
2010-05-27 5:53 ` [PATCH-v2 " Len Brown
2010-05-27 2:42 ` [PATCH 6/8] acpi_pad: uses MONITOR/MWAIT, so it doesn't need to clear TS_POLLING Len Brown
2010-05-27 2:42 ` [PATCH 7/8] ACPI: acpi_idle: touch TS_POLLING only in the non-MWAIT case Len Brown
2010-05-27 2:42 ` [PATCH 8/8] intel_idle: create a native cpuidle driver for select intel processors Len Brown
2010-05-27 3:44 ` Andrew Morton
2010-05-28 3:57 ` Len Brown
2010-05-30 9:20 ` Andi Kleen
2010-05-27 8:53 ` [linux-pm] " Thomas Renninger
2010-05-28 1:44 ` Len Brown
2010-05-28 7:46 ` Thomas Renninger
2010-05-28 17:38 ` Len Brown
2010-05-29 4:17 ` Thomas Renninger
2010-05-27 14:14 ` Kevin Hilman
2010-05-27 14:22 ` Arjan van de Ven
2010-05-27 14:36 ` Kevin Hilman
2010-05-28 0:22 ` Len Brown
2010-05-28 17:28 ` Kevin Hilman
2010-05-27 14:51 ` [linux-pm] " Igor Stoppa
2010-05-28 3:14 ` Arjan van de Ven
2010-05-28 17:27 ` Kevin Hilman
2010-05-29 0:38 ` Arjan van de Ven
2010-05-28 2:32 ` Chase Douglas
2010-05-28 4:16 ` Len Brown
2010-05-28 15:09 ` Chase Douglas
2010-05-28 17:43 ` Len Brown
2010-05-28 19:51 ` Chase Douglas
2010-05-28 20:14 ` Chase Douglas
2010-05-27 5:25 ` (No subject header) Milton Miller
2010-05-27 5:47 ` Len Brown
2010-05-27 8:45 ` [linux-pm] idle-test patches queued for upstream Thomas Renninger
2010-05-28 0:59 ` Len Brown
2010-05-28 8:07 ` Thomas Renninger
2010-05-28 17:42 ` Len Brown [this message]
2010-06-16 7:53 ` Pavel Machek
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