On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 08:10 +0200, Sven Anders wrote: > > 2. As far as I remember, the MacBook is very similar to the MacBook Pro in > the hardware it's using. The main difference is the GPU. > How long does the battery of the MacBook under Linux last in comparison to > MacOS X? > If it's a small difference, so our problem is the power consumption of > the ATI GPU (assuming the Intel-GPU draws as less power under Linux as it > does under MacOSX). On the MacBook we have the advantage, that it's an > open-source driver. > If the power drain is as bad as on the MacBook Pro (and we checked the > Intel-GPU driver, that is's using all power-saving states available), > the problem lies somewhere else...
AFAICT the xf86-video-intel driver only has rudimentary power management code, mostly powering down unused output components. However, the integrated graphics core probably has significantly lower maximum and average power consumption than discrete parts to begin with. Hope this helps, -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-devel mailing list Mactel-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-devel
