Re: What is kapm-idled?
On 04 Sep 2001 09:53:03 +0100
Ross Burton <ross.burton@mail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2001-09-03 at 22:34, Eric G. Miller wrote:
<snip>
> > AFAIK, kapm-idled has something to do with apm management on newer
> > kernels. That 80% CPU usage is apparently something of a lie, since
> > when this process is switched in, it isn't doing anything (e.g. 80%
> > idled, or some such). I'm still running in 2.2.x land, so maybe
someone
> > else can give a better explanation...
>
> That's right. kapm-idled is the idle time daemon in kernel 2.4.x. It
> runs when the processor is not doing anything and calls the idle/call
> instructions to cool the processor/slow the processor/save battery.
Got it. I remember ticking some option in the xconfig after I recompiled
for a newer processor. Now, does this "idle time daemon" have any
performance penalty? Does it have anything to do with the slower hard
disk accesses I've been having after I upgraded to a Duron 800?
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