iLiad powertop and battery life

johnnytruant · 02-12-2008, 05:34 AM

Anyone up for porting powertop: http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/

For me, it's for interest. If I was a slightly better hacker (ie, an actual programmer not a web developer

), it would be so I could work on power saving. The guys at lesswatts reckon significant increases in battery performance can be achieved with just a few software patches.

I can't wait until the chaps at iRex compile a tickless kernel for the iLiad (the ARM support is there, guys, get on it!) For a device that spends the majority of it's time doing nothing whatsoever, thousands of times a second, it could make a huge difference.

Adam B. · 02-12-2008, 08:08 AM

I think I had tried to compile powertop, but the kernel on the iLiad would need to be recompiled to work with it. I can't remember the specifics...

02-12-2008, 05:34 AM	#1
johnnytruant Member Posts: 23 Karma: 149 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: iRex iLiad, Aura HD	powertop and battery life Anyone up for porting powertop: http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/ For me, it's for interest. If I was a slightly better hacker (ie, an actual programmer not a web developer ), it would be so I could work on power saving. The guys at lesswatts reckon significant increases in battery performance can be achieved with just a few software patches. I can't wait until the chaps at iRex compile a tickless kernel for the iLiad (the ARM support is there, guys, get on it!) For a device that spends the majority of it's time doing nothing whatsoever, thousands of times a second, it could make a huge difference. Last edited by johnnytruant; 02-12-2008 at 07:22 AM.

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02-12-2008, 08:08 AM	#2
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	I think I had tried to compile powertop, but the kernel on the iLiad would need to be recompiled to work with it. I can't remember the specifics...

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