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  1. Bug #524281
  2. Comment #183

Comment 183 for bug 524281

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Chad A Davis (chadadavis) wrote :

This is fixed in the current Natty (beta) with kernel 2.6.38-5-generic (the stock kernel).

On Maverick I was getting several hundred wakeups per second on the stock kernel (2.6.35-something), almost all from the load balancing tick.

Now the load balancing tick is rarely listed in the 'top causes for wakeups' from powertop.

This will improve your battery life, but depending on your system, you may have other things to watch out for (e.g. disable Flash).