Re: PATCH] cpuidle: A new variant of the menu governor to boost IOperformance

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:03:09 +0100
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When you say that a bit more power was used, is that instantaneous
> power draw or total power consumption over the run of the benchmark?
> I'd have expected that completing it 50% faster and then going idle
> would be a win overall.

I meant power, not total energy :-)

in terms of energy it's a win if you only do a fixed amount of work...

> 


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