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From: graichen@sirius.physik.fu-berlin.de (Thomas Graichen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Questions suitable for the FAQ
Date: 9 Aug 1995 08:25:15 GMT
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Terry Lambert (terry@cs.weber.edu) wrote:
: ladavac@aut.alcatel.at (Marino Ladavac) wrote:
: ] With all respect due, Jordan, but he might have a point there. I am not
: ] certain if FreeBSD halts the CPU in the idle loop. Linux does, if HALT is
: ] implemented properly (and kernel checks it on boot-up.) This practically
: ] sends the CPU to sleep and reduces consumption (i.e. dissipation) to
: ] milliwatts.
: A very real concern on a portable machine, for instance, when
: determining how long a machine will last on its batteries.
if it's not in - i think it should go into FreeBSD - or are there any
contra's ?
t
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