OLPC upgrades

[pgf at laptop.org]

samuel wrote:
 > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Frank Ch. Eigler <fche at redhat.com> wrote:
 > > Mitch Bradley <wmb at laptop.org> writes:
 > >
 > >> [...]  It's also worth pointing out that the new low-power x86
 > >> processors, Atom being the poster child, are still stuck with
 > >> power-hungry support chips - memory and display controllers.  That
 > >> might change "soon", but for now it's still the case.  [...]
 > >
 > > According to the ACPI battery gauges under Fedora 10, my Fujitsu U820
 > > UMPC (Atom Z530, Poulsbo GMA500 MCH/graphics) takes around 6W *total*
 > > during light webby operations.
 > 
 > What do those same gauges tell you about an XO under F10?

unless things have changed, "those same gauges" won't exist on
the XO -- we don't do acpi.

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at laptop.org