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diff --git a/system/fatrace/README b/system/fatrace/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e986031f20 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/fatrace/README @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +fatrace reports file access events from all running processes. +Its main purpose is to find processes which keep waking up the disk +unnecessarily and thus prevent some power saving. + +Included is a python3 script called "power-usage-report", which uses +fatrace and powertop to build a textual report from one minute of +measuring power usage and file accesses. This does not take any +arguments or requires any interactivity, so is very simple to use and +serves as a starting point for bug reports or optimizing a particular +installation. |