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Date:      Wed, 19 Mar 1997 15:16:21 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>
To:        David Greenman <dg@root.com>
Cc:        pds@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Speaking of PR - update FAQ's ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970319150852.12607G-100000@bagpuss.visint.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199703191253.EAA15499@root.com>

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On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, David Greenman wrote:
> >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.

Apologies, It's still in the documentation though, well, it's in the FAQ
Question 93... 
(This FAQ was the one that came with 3.0-970209-SNAP...
perhaps it needs updating to show that FreeBSD now runs just as cool
as Linux =) )


> 
> -DG
> 
> David Greenman
> Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
> 



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