[ltp] T60 battery
Don Perley
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:37:46 -0500
Chris Schumann wrote:
> So with that CPU, if your total system load is more than 0.6W (which
> is the
> same as a hard drive at LOW POWER IDLE alone), it looks like you should go
> full speed for ALL CPU-bound tasks.
>
Maybe take the caps off that "ALL." You can have a low priority CPU
bound task that will chew up all available CPU cycles (say, GRID
computing) that you are only running to take advantage of idle cycles,
but don't want to reduce your battery life (or put up with extra fan
noise) to accommodate it.