[ltp] Re: Re: help in troubleshooting ACPI drain with 2.6.10 please

Jan-Hendrik Benter linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 7 Jan 2005 09:30:19 +0100


Hi,

> > okay, thanks, you are right, but this is just a naming issue, problem
> > remains:
> >
> > before: 34280 mWh
> > after: 33140 mWh
> > diff: -1140 mWh
> > seconds: 2242 sec
> > result: -1830 mW
>
>            2242
> 2242 sec = ---- h = 0.6227 h
>            3600
>
> 1830 mWh
> -------- = 2938 mW = 2.938 W
> 0.6227 h
>
> So your laptop uses power at the rate of 2.9 watts when suspended to RAM.

No, it is _only_ 1.831 watts, but this is still _too_ much imho.

result already gives the final value:

result = (after - before) * 3600 / seconds


Regards,

Jan-Hendrik