[ltp] Possible solution to ACPI power drain with 2.6.10

[Michele Lamarca]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:05:53 +0100, Bob Alexander <bob@ngi.it> wrote:
> Michele Lamarca wrote:
> > It seems VERY HIGH, have you suspended for at least 20 minutes, as
> > suggested in <http://www.thinkwiki.org/ACPI_sleep_power_drain_test_script>?
> >
> > Buon pomeriggio (Bari),
> > Michele
> 
> Ciao Michele,
> yes have suspended for 2h45m and am quite strong with sexagesimal
> arithmetic :)
> 
> This is the usual power drain I am having.

With the patch applied you should see

radeonfb: switching to D2 state...

in your /var/log/kern.log
 
> Could it be related to how much RAM we have ??? In my case 1GB.

Don't know. My T40 2373-22G (M7, 768MB RAM) sucks 2700mW/h

> Buona sera (sempre Roma),
> Bob

Buona sera (sempre Bari),
Michele