CPU Frequency Scaling

[Dave Jones]

On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 02:08:22PM -0500, Matthias Clasen wrote:
 
 > >  > gnome-menus uses gamin for notification, which uses inotify. The problem
 > >  > is that inotify sucks when it comes to nonexisting files
 > > 
 > > Can't you add a watch on the directory, and get notification when
 > > a file gets added that way?
 > > 
 > 
 > Sure. But if that directory is a busy one like, say, $HOME, then you get
 > a lot of unnecessary wakeups.

That's still got to be more efficient than polling.

		Dave