From: Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] MacBook: How many hours on battery with Gentoo?
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:42:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200802211142.13804.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47BC7FE5.9000601@gmail.com>
On Wednesday 20 February 2008, b.n. wrote:
> Etaoin Shrdlu ha scritto:
> > On Tuesday 19 February 2008, b.n. wrote:
> >>> 5. Sometimes a BIOS update helps...
> >>
> >> Well, if it's a BIOS issue, OS X works around it?
> >
> > I'd not be surprised if it did. Windows drivers work around buggy
> > BIOSes all the time.
>
> Right. So, how can I know it? When I googled to maximize my MBP
> battery performance, I found nothing about BIOS/EFI (More precisely,
> the MBP has not a BIOS, but an EFI, whatever the difference is). Is
> there some kind of diagnostic for this kind of things?
Never tried myself, but I guess a good starting point could be using
tools like powertop (in portage), to see what programs/modules use more
power.
Also, their web pages (http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop) look
good, with many tips, information and explanations.
Hope this helps.
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-15 8:22 [gentoo-user] MacBook: How many hours on battery with Gentoo? Lowe Schmidt
2008-02-19 10:28 ` b.n.
2008-02-19 17:09 ` Florian Philipp
2008-02-19 17:52 ` Ritesh Kumar
2008-02-19 19:07 ` b.n.
2008-02-19 19:27 ` Florian Philipp
2008-02-19 20:26 ` b.n.
2008-02-19 20:20 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-02-19 23:12 ` b.n.
2008-02-19 22:49 ` Alan McKinnon
2008-02-20 10:21 ` Etaoin Shrdlu
2008-02-20 19:30 ` b.n.
2008-02-21 10:42 ` Etaoin Shrdlu [this message]
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