On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 12:39:03AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > Sorry. The main idea is making power management more effective, that's > > why earlier is better here. > > I dont see why this is the case. in the bootup phase the system is loaded > anyway, no need to throttle it.
Well, I can actually imagine that most of the time at bootup is spent waiting for I/O to complete, HW probes and so on, nothing that CPU bound actually (AFAICT). > especially since this one minute does not > consume measurable amount of power. So there is still ne real reason > mentioned why a few seconds matter here. You don't know that actually. There are far too many usages to make a generic statement like that. I can't see nothing wrong or useless in trying to maximize battery power and/or minimize heat generation. -- mattia :wq! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
