Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 15:16:21 +0000 (GMT) From: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> To: David Greenman <dg@root.com> Cc: pds@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Speaking of PR - update FAQ's ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970319150852.12607G-100000@bagpuss.visint.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199703191253.EAA15499@root.com>
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On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, David Greenman wrote: > >On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 C.R.Harding@massey.ac.nz wrote: > >> * LINUX TO FLY ON STS-83 * > >> ========================== > >> The Linux operating system will again ride into space in support of a > >><snip> > >> > >> company is used in their place. The entire system uses only 10 > >> watts". The primary role of Linux in the hydroponics experiment on > >> <snip> > > > >Doesn't Linux run cooler than FreeBSD though, it even says so somewhere > >in the docs.. (no I don't know where) about how Linux uses HALT.. > >So obviously if someone wants FreeBSD used on a space shuttle mission > >then this minimal power drain thing is important.. > > Uh, FreeBSD *does* use HALT in the idle routine...unless you have APM > configured in which case it can put the CPU in a low power mode, too. Apologies, It's still in the documentation though, well, it's in the FAQ Question 93... (This FAQ was the one that came with 3.0-970209-SNAP... perhaps it needs updating to show that FreeBSD now runs just as cool as Linux =) ) > > -DG > > David Greenman > Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project >
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