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Give a more precise hint how to get the idle power

Samuel Thibault 5 years ago
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@@ -205,7 +205,9 @@ simply tend to run all computations on the most energy-conservative processing
 unit. To account for the consumption of the whole machine (including idle
 unit. To account for the consumption of the whole machine (including idle
 processing units), the idle power of the machine should be given by setting
 processing units), the idle power of the machine should be given by setting
 <c>export STARPU_IDLE_POWER=200</c> (\ref STARPU_IDLE_POWER) for 200W, for instance. This value can often
 <c>export STARPU_IDLE_POWER=200</c> (\ref STARPU_IDLE_POWER) for 200W, for instance. This value can often
-be obtained from the machine power supplier.
+be obtained from the machine power supplier, e.g. by running
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+<c>ipmitool -I lanplus -H mymachine-ipmi -U myuser -P mypasswd sdr type Current</c>
 
 
 The energy actually consumed by the total execution can be displayed by setting
 The energy actually consumed by the total execution can be displayed by setting
 <c>export STARPU_PROFILING=1 STARPU_WORKER_STATS=1</c> (\ref STARPU_PROFILING and \ref STARPU_WORKER_STATS).
 <c>export STARPU_PROFILING=1 STARPU_WORKER_STATS=1</c> (\ref STARPU_PROFILING and \ref STARPU_WORKER_STATS).