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0 pointskimixa10d ago0 comments

If this stops the core being able to drop to a lower power state it can be whole multiples of power use on some devices.

Wake ups are death for mobile form factors, even if not really doing much work.

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andai9d ago

This is a pretty good argument against the way we do operating systems now, right?

kimixaOP9d ago

Why? Most modern OSs are "tickless" - where there's no regular scheduling tick and it can sleep pretty much indefinitely if there's no work.

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andai9d ago

This is a pretty good argument against the way we do operating systems now, right?

kimixaOP9d ago

Why? Most modern OSs are "tickless" - where there's no regular scheduling tick and it can sleep pretty much indefinitely if there's no work.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse