[ltp] Maximum Battery Capacity of an T60 under Linux

Laurent Gilson linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:57:08 +0200


Hello,

>> Do the cores reach C4 or deeper ?
>
> Yes. I saw C3, C2 and C1.

Deeper, like C4, C5, C6, C7, C8 ... (higher number =3D> better powersavi=
ng)

>> For all i know even 2.6.17 cannot do these two things (unless you unl=
oad
>> USB and wireless). Windows can (there is a patch released 4-6 months =
 =

>> after
>> CoreDuo was launched). I think of that as a problem.
>
> usb and wirdeless are turned on (and are both used) in this setup.

? Oh, cool.

Did you patch anything ?
Which WLAN-driver are you using ?
Did you play with the beacon-interval ?
Do you have USB2-like performance ?
Do you have GLX (3D in Xorg) loaded ?

> t60p:/proc/acpi/processor/CPU0 # uname -a
> Linux t60p 2.6.17.3-default #6 SMP Thu Jul 6 22:57:50 CEST 2006 i686
> i686 i386 GNU/Linux t60p:/proc/acpi/processor/CPU0 #

hmmm. I will uppgrade to that kernel next weekend.

Thanks