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On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 01:11:37PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

> Hmmm...  Residual power dissipation is given in milliwatts.  I could
> imagine some heartburn from many of the more aggressive embedded folks,
> given that they might prefer microwatts -- or maybe even nanowatts,
> for all I know.

FWIW idle battery referenced draw from a modern smartphone will be in
the low single digit miliwatts or so.