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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Questions suitable for the FAQ
Date: 8 Aug 1995 18:37:39 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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ladavac@aut.alcatel.at (Marino Ladavac) wrote:
]
] Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@violet.berkeley.edu) wrote:
]
] : > 6. Has anyone done any temperature testing while running FreeBSD?
] : > I know linux runs cooler than dos, but have never seen a
] : > mention of FreeBSD. It seems to run really hot compared to
]
] : No, but we have done numerous taste tests on blindfolded volunteers who have
] : also had 250 micrograms of LSD-25 administered beforehand. 35% of the
] : volunteers said that FreeBSD tasted sort of orange, whereas Linux tasted like
] : purple haze. Neither group mentioned any particular variances in temperature
] : that I can remember. We eventually had to throw the results of this survey
] : out entirely anyway when we found that too many volunteers were wandering out
] : of the room during the tests, thus skewing the results. I think most
] : of the volunteers are at Apple now, working on their new "scratch and sniff"
] : GUI. It's a funny old business we're in!
]
] 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.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.