Re: [PATCH 2/3] sched: idle: Add sched balance option

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 11:50:02 AM Morten Rasmussen wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 02:23:24PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

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> > The same applies to the maximum sustainable power draw limit more or less.
> > While it generally changes between "on battery" and "on AC power", it may also
> > depend on other factors like the capacity of the available power supply for a
> > data center.
> 
> I haven't given maximum power draw much thought, but it is a third
> objective independent of energy efficiency even though methods for
> improving energy efficiency (such as disabling expensive DVFS states)
> might be useful for this as well.

Yes, it is an independent objective.

Thanks!

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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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