[ltp] X61 power consumption

[James Knott]

Leszek Koltunski wrote:
>
>
>> 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' ?
That would be rather difficult, as in order to measure the power, you
have to measure current and that means cutting the power connection to
the chip, to insert the meter in series.  Now if you wish to volunteer
your ThinkPad to be butchered...  

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