2007/11/14, Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de>:
Am Mittwoch, 14. November 2007 08:43:16 schrieb Tobias Powalowski:
- added TIMER_STATS option -> all binary modules rebuilt against that
I wonder why you enabled this. Isn't this only used for debugging? Wouldn't this introduce some sideeffects or performance loss?
http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/7135 requested a change in default config to be able to use powertop utility, which is useful for laptop users for tracking power-hungry apps. From http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/faq.php : What kernel options should I enable inside the kernel? CONFIG_NO_HZ CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS CONFIG_HPET_TIMER CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE CONFIG_TIMER_STATS What kernel options should I disable inside the kernel? CONFIG_IRQBALANCE CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)