From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 03:32:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40B8A1065670 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:32:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dana.myers@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 024498FC18 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:32:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dana.myers@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so1306040wfg.7 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:32:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Eb0McLbAfFUIUcxGwcCETsmonD1/bJgjhFDgJoZbyCc=; b=ShKi7OxEvvDTedHKm0PKyJa7NvR6Hws+ituxnPOpLvZty5mdwgMjfWhLFlMx9UI8QG sUXHuDCE++8Z2rhNEuGnNku/zYc2JkGfXUBwuCbeH2CswhZvltcJ8L2O02yFAKTX9v1I +oBRYpztWnDdTPj6kMDjDRCh6FqDrEJ2e2HPA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=GxfhuBv8pdSZ82FdbUDhKfPjZbU5Jn+03BRpeA0eU11jQdoFP2dHvnu8MFtWJIwy+j SDpVbH9LLk5GE494O9ShfLmjQ+thiWLrgXWdELWDDMBYCFb8Dau6ejJ6QG4j84RsxGMu r2OlZhABn5fERUgarvMWABvXSv6rCWgvJRXc8= Received: by 10.142.217.17 with SMTP id p17mr588243wfg.118.1227324771215; Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:32:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.100? (c-71-198-48-32.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [71.198.48.32]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 22sm3265283wfi.18.2008.11.21.19.32.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:32:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49277D56.7030202@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:32:38 -0800 From: "Dana H. Myers" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ian Smith References: <20081121195714.CEE4B45010@ptavv.es.net> <20081122113015.B70117@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <492763E6.1080808@gmail.com> <20081122130515.K70117@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20081122130515.K70117@sola.nimnet.asn.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Alexander Motin , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org, martinko Subject: Re: Is the C3 possible with SMP? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:32:52 -0000 Ian Smith wrote: > > While I suspect the value is indeed Watts, I do not know > > why you're thinking 36A would indicate 400W or more. Modern > > CPUs typically run at relatively low voltages between 1.0V > > and 1.6V and proportionately high current. > > Unless acpiconf -i has changed between 7.0 and now, it reports Present > Rate in mW, at least when running on battery. My T23 right now reports > that as 13447mW, ie 13.447W. With a present battery voltage of 12.247V, > that'd be 1.097 Amps battery discharge. YMMV. Ah - my error. acpiconf -i reports on the battery, not the CPU. For some reason I was thinking that we were discussing CPU power consumption. My apologies. Dana