[ltp] power drain on T43

[Alex Tomas]

on T42 I've observed that ipw2200 being loaded only (interface isn't up)
generates some bus traffic. thus, CPU can't stay in C3/C4 for long.
make a clear statement about ipw2200 driver, please.

thanks, Alex

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 16:28:29 +0100
Daniel Skorka <daniel.skorka@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a fairly new T43 (1871-65U) and would like to know how much power
> yours takes during light use when on accu. With 'light use', I mean
> writing texts, browsing, emails, that kind of stuff; no image processing,
> no movies, no games, no compiling, I think you get the gist...
> For comparison purposes, the display should be to full brightness, both
> bluetooth and wireless deactivated, the CPU set to the lowest frequency
> but without throttling.
> The power drain should be taken by the following means during use:
> --- snip  log.sh---
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> for i in `seq 1 60`; do
>   sleep 10s
>   cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state | grep rate | cut -d ' ' -f 14 >> drain
> done
> --- snip log.sh ---
> and then run
> $ ./averag.awk < drain using
> --- snip average.awk ---
> #!/usr/bin/awk -f
> { sum += $1;
> } END {\
> print sum/NR;}
> --- snip average.awk ---
> Please post the result along with your model number so everyone can
> compare these values to his own. APM users will have to adopt the script
> on their own.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your efforts,
> Daniel
> -- 
> The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad