According to phoronix benchmarks (which appears to be down right now), its a regression starting in 2.6.34. The results or at least a quick summary is posted in the bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/524281/comments/189
Since the other bug report exists for more than a year now, and neither wakeups nor power consumption have been reduced in kernels newer than 2.6.34, i think this bug is a duplicate of #524281 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/760131 Title: Power consumption raised significantly in natty -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs