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Linux Kernel Suffering Power Management Regression?

Posted by Soulskill on from the year-of-linux-on-the-coppertop dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It appears that there's a big power management regression in the Linux kernel for the 2.6.38 and 2.6.39 development releases, including the kernel to ship with Ubuntu 11.04 next week. It's reportedly causing a 10~30% increase in power consumption on many laptop computers."

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  1. Re:Only Power Users will notice by drb226 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think this is something that only Power Users will notice. It's not something important for the common user.

    I think a lot of people would notice if their laptop suddenly got a third less battery life.

    Excuse me sir, I believe your pun detector is broken.