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Julian Wiedmann (jwiedmann) wrote : Re: Serious power regression from kernel 3.0.0-6 to 3.0.0-7 (30% more power at idle)

It's a Sandy Bridge machine, so commit
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-oneiric.git;a=commit;h=05bd42688dbc066d4e2689b6f73c0470601f788b
(added in 3.0.0-7.8) might be causing the regression. Try re-enabling rc6 and see if that makes a difference?