[ltp] X61 power consumption

Leszek Koltunski linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:20:57 +0100 (CET)


> I think mostly because the Windows driver writers have all the hardware
> specs. It is not only an issue on ThinkPads.

Ok, I understand that, but couldn't we ( Intel, Lenovo ? ) have 
an electrical engineer actually *measure* how much power does each chip 
eat under Linux, and then under Windows, so we could point the finger at 
the culprit rather than saying 'well, I think it's PCIe... or maybe 
graphics' ?