Re: [Powertop] How does powertop deal with multiple executions

On 10/29/2013 12:23 AM, Jesús D wrote:
> Thank you, Arjan.
>
> But my question is how does powertop group programs with the same name.
>
> Unless I'm doing something wrong, I doubt that it is just adding the power consumption of all the independent executions. I say this because powertop estimates a
> consumption of 335 mW for 500 executions, and a consumption of 364 mW for 5000. I am configuring the monitorization time with the --time parameter (with a value long enough
> to cover all the 500 or 5000 executions).
>
> Is it calculating an average then?
>


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