Kok, Auke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > K.Prasad wrote: >> Without the side-effect of experiencing a link-flap when switching to a >> lower-speed (with its toll in terms of down-time for auto-negotiation, >> STP, etc), the Interrupt Moderation Algorithm dynamically adjusts the >> number of interrupts based on traffic - and presumably consume less >> power. For an "Optimise for Power" kind of profile - the driver can be >> loaded with a higher throttle rate during boot-time. > > We're changing this to be run-time adjustable in newer drivers. > > However, the power consumed by your nic staying in gigabit mode is much > greater in the long run then what you can save by trying to scrounge for > milliwatts reducing interrupts generated by the nic. By default it already > moderates them somewhat. Practically this feature is really not useful for > powersaving, it just won't add up to actual benefits in a real life situtation > I think.
Just a thought: How much power does a non-connected NIC consume, and can you save power by forcing 10 MBit until a link is detected (doubling negotiation time)? -- Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say: 22. hey, what does mkfs do? Friß, Spammer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
