Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 04:53:40 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> Cc: C.R.Harding@massey.ac.nz, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Speaking of PR Message-ID: <199703191253.EAA15499@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Mar 1997 11:39:59 GMT." <Pine.BSF.3.91.970319113719.12607A-100000@bagpuss.visint.co.uk>
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>On Tue, 18 Mar 1997 C.R.Harding@massey.ac.nz wrote: >> * LINUX TO FLY ON STS-83 * >> ========================== >> The Linux operating system will again ride into space in support of a >><snip> >> >> company is used in their place. The entire system uses only 10 >> watts". The primary role of Linux in the hydroponics experiment on >> <snip> > >Doesn't Linux run cooler than FreeBSD though, it even says so somewhere >in the docs.. (no I don't know where) about how Linux uses HALT.. >So obviously if someone wants FreeBSD used on a space shuttle mission >then this minimal power drain thing is important.. Uh, FreeBSD *does* use HALT in the idle routine...unless you have APM configured in which case it can put the CPU in a low power mode, too. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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