Re: [linux-pm] suspend blockers & Android integration

[Vitaly Wool]

2010/6/6  <david@xxxxxxx>:

> as an example (taken from this thread).
>
> system A needs to wake up to get a battery reading, store it and go back to
> sleep, It does so every 10 seconds. But when it does so it only runs the one
> process and then goes back to sleep.
>
> system B has the same need, but wakes up every 10 minutes. but when it does
> so it fully wakes up and this allows the mail app to power up the radio,
> connect to the Internet and start checking for new mail before oppurtunistic
> sleep shuts things down (causing the mail check to fail)
>
> System A will last considerably longer on a battery than System B.

Exactly, thanks for pointing out the specific example :)

~Vitaly
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