Embedded Linux question

Susan Macchia linux-sxs at sbmgarden.com
Mon Feb 11 04:02:17 PST 2008


kwall at kurtwerks.com wrote:
[snip]
> Hm. Not sure about putting the kernel itself to sleep, but Linux has 
> supported the IDLE instruction for a long, long time. In an embedded
> environment, you have much finer control over what's runnning in the
> background, so you can reduce power consumption significantly in the
> nominal/idle case.
> 
>> Any pointers are greatly appreciated.
> 
> http://www.mvista.com/
> http://www.timesys.com/
> 
Excellent - thanks, this is a good place to start.


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