On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Okay, run top to see what goes on, and look for > /proc/acpi/processor/*/* -- you are interested in C states before and > after suspend. > Pavel I don't quite understand. What am I looking for in top? Here's the before and after: before: $ grep C /proc/acpi/processor/*/* /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/power:active state: C1 /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/power:max_cstate: C8 /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/power: *C1: type[C1] promotion[--] demotion[--] latency[000] usage[00000000] duration[00000000000000000000] /proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/power:active state: C1 /proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/power:max_cstate: C8 /proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/power: *C1: type[C1] promotion[--] demotion[--] latency[000] usage[00000000] duration[00000000000000000000] after: grep C /proc/acpi/processor/*/* /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/power:active state: C1 /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/power:max_cstate: C8 /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/power: *C1: type[C1] promotion[--] demotion[--] latency[000] usage[00000000] duration[00000000000000000000] /proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/power:active state: C1 /proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/power:max_cstate: C8 /proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/power: *C1: type[C1] promotion[--] demotion[--] latency[000] usage[00000000] duration[00000000000000000000] -- Steve