Heavy increase in idle power between 2.6.22 and .24

[Dietz Proepper]

Arjan van de Ven:
> Dietz Proepper wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > yesterday I noticed a strange behaviour regarding the 2.6.24 kernel:
> > The idle power consumption went up to around 21 W, while it was around
> > 16.5W with a 2.6.22 kernel with ahaci powersave patch applied. The
> > kernel configuration stayed untouched.
>
> a prime suspect is the usb power saving; it now defaults to off by
> default

That did not do the trick :-\. 2.6.22 is around 16W, 2.6.24 is around 21W.

Regards,
	Dietz