> This would also (theoretically) lead to less power consumption and a > lower electric bill. Pretty nice! Say, does that HLT instruction > work on a i486 or only on newer CPUs? I also seem to recall, back > when I was learning m68k assembly, that the halt instruction on there > shouldn't be used if you want to ever do any procesing again (without > a reboot).
however, i hate 68k assembly so much because i don't know how can i use a "complete text-mode" on an apple.. :) -- k h a o s * lamer new name, new look, new ftp: linuxxxxx.dyn.dhs.org (change FOUR letter) upload something before downloading, or your class C IP banned. ----- Original Message ----- From: "D-Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Cc: "Dave Sherohman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 11:17 PM Subject: Re: RAM size. > On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:32:54AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > | On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 12:13:20PM +0100, J.A.Serralheiro wrote: > | > On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Alexey wrote: > | > > You know, while running DOS or Windows, the CPU is hot (I can touch it), > | > > even if I do nothing. It becomes cool under Linux!!! > | > > | > strange, never heard of that. > | > | Linux (and NT, incidentally) sends HLT (HaLT) instructions to the CPU > | telling it to shut itself down (until the next interrupt) when there's > | nothing for it to do. So if your linux system tells you you're at > | 30% CPU utilization, the CPU is essentially turned off 70% of the > | time. > > > -D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
