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[Norbert Preining <preining@xxxxxxxx>]

On Di, 05 Okt 2010, K. Posern wrote:
> And did you have accessive occurrences of
>   34.2% (185.3)   [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick
>   23.9% (129.6)   [extra timer interrupt]
> in the output of powertop?

This is an example of excessive interrupts, here the patch I posted
will help. ANd save about 2+ W.

> Also: Norbert mentioned to send the HDD to sleep. Does this make sense
> with SSD drives?

I don't think so.

Best wishes

Norbert
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