Re: [PATCH 1/3]cpuidle take2: Core cpuidle infrastructure

2007-02-27 Thread Dave Jones
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:47:55PM -0800, Pallipadi, Venkatesh wrote: > >I played with this a little, and got puzzled. > >My quad core box used exactly the same amount of power whether the > >'ladder' governer was loaded & in use or not. In both situations > >it was exactly the same as a

RE: [PATCH 1/3]cpuidle take2: Core cpuidle infrastructure

2007-02-27 Thread Pallipadi, Venkatesh
>-Original Message- >From: Dave Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:44 AM >To: Pallipadi, Venkatesh >Cc: linux-kernel; Andrew Morton; linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; >Adam Belay; Li, Shaohua; Brown, Len >Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3]cpuidl

Re: [PATCH 1/3]cpuidle take2: Core cpuidle infrastructure

2007-02-27 Thread Dave Jones
On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:52:57PM -0800, Venkatesh Pallipadi wrote: > Announcing 'cpuidle', a new CPU power management infrastructure to manage > idle CPUs in a clean and efficient manner. > cpuidle separates out the drivers that can provide support for multiple types > of idle states and

Re: [PATCH 1/3]cpuidle take2: Core cpuidle infrastructure

2007-02-27 Thread Dave Jones
On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:52:57PM -0800, Venkatesh Pallipadi wrote: Announcing 'cpuidle', a new CPU power management infrastructure to manage idle CPUs in a clean and efficient manner. cpuidle separates out the drivers that can provide support for multiple types of idle states and policy

RE: [PATCH 1/3]cpuidle take2: Core cpuidle infrastructure

2007-02-27 Thread Pallipadi, Venkatesh
-Original Message- From: Dave Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:44 AM To: Pallipadi, Venkatesh Cc: linux-kernel; Andrew Morton; linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Adam Belay; Li, Shaohua; Brown, Len Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3]cpuidle take2: Core cpuidle

Re: [PATCH 1/3]cpuidle take2: Core cpuidle infrastructure

2007-02-27 Thread Dave Jones
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:47:55PM -0800, Pallipadi, Venkatesh wrote: I played with this a little, and got puzzled. My quad core box used exactly the same amount of power whether the 'ladder' governer was loaded in use or not. In both situations it was exactly the same as a vanilla

[PATCH 1/3]cpuidle take2: Core cpuidle infrastructure

2007-02-22 Thread Venkatesh Pallipadi
Announcing 'cpuidle', a new CPU power management infrastructure to manage idle CPUs in a clean and efficient manner. cpuidle separates out the drivers that can provide support for multiple types of idle states and policy governors that decide on what idle state to use at run time. A cpuidle

[PATCH 1/3]cpuidle take2: Core cpuidle infrastructure

2007-02-22 Thread Venkatesh Pallipadi
Announcing 'cpuidle', a new CPU power management infrastructure to manage idle CPUs in a clean and efficient manner. cpuidle separates out the drivers that can provide support for multiple types of idle states and policy governors that decide on what idle state to use at run time. A cpuidle