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diff --git a/system/powertop/README b/system/powertop/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..38f0fd1dc5 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/powertop/README @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +PowerTOP is a Linux tool that finds the software component(s) that make your +laptop use more power than necessary while it is idle. As of Linux kernel +version 2.6.21, the kernel no longer has a fixed 1000Hz timer tick. This will +(in theory) give a huge power savings because the CPU stays in low power mode +for longer periods of time during system idle. |