Re: Debian Bug#506196: postgresql: consume too much power when idle (>10 wakeups/second)

On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 21:52 +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:

> 11 wakeups per minute is not dramatic, and with
> PostgreSQL being a server application, perfect power management is
> certainly the least concern for you.

Is this 11 per minute, or 11 per second?

> ----- Forwarded message from Xavier Bestel <xavier(dot)bestel(at)free(dot)fr> -----
>
> Subject: Bug#506196: postgresql: consume too much power when idle (>10 wakeups/second)
> Reply-To: Xavier Bestel <xavier(dot)bestel(at)free(dot)fr>, 506196(at)bugs(dot)debian(dot)org
> From: Xavier Bestel <xavier(dot)bestel(at)free(dot)fr>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit(at)bugs(dot)debian(dot)org>
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:12:05 +0100
>
> Package: postgresql
> Version: 8.3.5-1
> Severity: minor

> postgresql is installed on my machine because it was pulled by another package
> (can't remember which one). It doesn't do anything special, but it still does more
> then 10 wakeups/second on that system, uselessly. If idle, it shouldn't even appear
> in powertop's profile.

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