# cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root=UUID=66817f18-a5c7-4d9e-8a29-3220974cb618 ro nolapic_timer quiet splash # dmesg | grep idle [ 0.000000] RCU dyntick-idle grace-period acceleration is enabled. [ 0.004572] using mwait in idle threads. [ 0.413448] intel_idle: MWAIT substates: 0x20220 [ 0.413455] intel_idle: v0.4 model 0x1C [ 0.413460] intel_idle: lapic_timer_reliable_states 0x6 [ 0.413477] Marking TSC unstable due to TSC halts in idle states deeper than C2 [ 0.415576] ACPI: acpi_idle yielding to intel_idle [ 0.655957] cpuidle: using governor ladder [ 0.656234] cpuidle: using governor menu # grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpuidle/*/* /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state0/desc:CPUIDLE CORE POLL IDLE /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state0/latency:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state0/name:C0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state0/power:4294967295 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state0/time:15170107 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state0/usage:1386 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state1/desc:MWAIT 0x00 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state1/latency:1 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state1/name:ATM-C1 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state1/power:1000 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state1/time:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state1/usage:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state2/desc:MWAIT 0x10 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state2/latency:20 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state2/name:ATM-C2 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state2/power:500 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state2/time:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state2/usage:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state3/desc:MWAIT 0x30 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state3/latency:100 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state3/name:ATM-C4 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state3/power:250 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state3/time:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state3/usage:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state0/desc:CPUIDLE CORE POLL IDLE /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state0/latency:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state0/name:C0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state0/power:4294967295 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state0/time:14183385 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state0/usage:1308 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state1/desc:MWAIT 0x00 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state1/latency:1 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state1/name:ATM-C1 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state1/power:1000 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state1/time:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state1/usage:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state2/desc:MWAIT 0x10 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state2/latency:20 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state2/name:ATM-C2 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state2/power:500 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state2/time:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state2/usage:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state3/desc:MWAIT 0x30 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state3/latency:100 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state3/name:ATM-C4 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state3/power:250 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state3/time:0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/cpuidle/state3/usage:0