Re: [RFC][PATCH 12/12] PM / r8169: Add simplified run-time PM support

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On Monday 04 January 2010, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 
> > > > Using /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state I measured the energy drawn in 10 minutes
> > > > both with the network adapter in D0 and D3hot.  The results were that with the
> > > > network adapter in D0 the box drew 2476 mWh, while with the network adapter in
> > > > D3hot it drew 2361 mWh.  The difference is 115 mWh, or about 5% on this
> > > > particular box.
> > > > 
> > > > This means about 0.1 Wh in 10 minutes, so we can save about 0.6 Wh per hour.
> > > 
> > > Which means it saves 0.6W :-). Measuring power in Wh/h is "interesting".
> > 
> > You can't save power, you can only save energy.  Wh is just an energy unit.
> 
> Of course we can save power, you just did :-).
> 
> (And in some cases -- data centers, limited cooling -- you are limited
> by power, not energy.

But still energy is what you pay for, isn't it?

> You are right that on notebooks, energy is more important.)

You may require less power to run, so if that's what you mean by "saving", then
I agree. :-)

Rafael
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