Re: [GIT PULL] RCU changes for v3.3

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Tue Jan 24 2012 - 17:43:51 EST


On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:07:00PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 01:11:37PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>
> > Hmmm... Residual power dissipation is given in milliwatts. I could
> > imagine some heartburn from many of the more aggressive embedded folks,
> > given that they might prefer microwatts -- or maybe even nanowatts,
> > for all I know.
>
> FWIW idle battery referenced draw from a modern smartphone will be in
> the low single digit miliwatts or so.

Ah, OK, so only the non-smart cellphones would care, but they generally
don't run Linux, from what I understand. Thanks for the info!

Thanx, Paul

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