Comment 126 for bug 524281

I want to do a controlled test.

On lucid, I'm interested in how 2.6.35-0unpatched+18.24~lucid and 2.6.35-power+18.24~lucid compare.
On maverick, I'm interested in how 2.6.35-18.24 and 2.6.35-power+18.24 compare.

Basically, I'm investigating devsk's comment about the effect of certain config settings.

I suggest the following test on a freshly booted idling system:
sudo powertop -d -t 300

That will aggregate data for five minutes.