RE: Variable ticks

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Lee Revell wrote:

> On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 17:19 -0400, Brown, Len wrote:
> >  >>>Question one, are there other actions to consider?
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> Yes.
> > >> Speaking for ACPI C3 state, note that DMA also
> > >> wakes up the CPU -- even if there was no device interrupt.
> > >> (aka, "the trouble with USB")
> > >
> > >Trouble? Why would USB do DMA unless there was a device activity?
> > 
> > look here:
> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=usb+selective+suspend
> > 
> > Linux is working on it too, but it is in development.
> 
> What about audio?  If there is a sound server running then you're going
> to have a constant stream of interrupts and DMA activity from the sound
> card even if the machine is idle and there aren't any sounds playing.

Doesn't artsd at least close the audio device after some configurable idle 
time? In which case that sounds like a userspace issue.
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