diff --git a/powertop/.footprint b/powertop/.footprint
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+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/powertop
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/man1/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man1/powertop.1.gz
diff --git a/powertop/.md5sum b/powertop/.md5sum
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+e09f631f60d50299d8885193e6fd3756  powertop-1.10.tar.gz
diff --git a/powertop/Pkgfile b/powertop/Pkgfile
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+# Description: Finds the software component(s) that make your laptop use more power than necessary
+# URL: http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/
+# Maintainer: Mikhail Kolesnik, mike at openbunker dot org
+# Packager: Torsten Henschel, thenschel at henschelsoft dot de
+# Depends on: ncurses
+
+name=powertop
+version=1.10
+release=1
+source=(http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/$name/download/$name-$version.tar.gz)
+
+build() { 
+    cd $name-$version  
+    make 
+    make DESTDIR=$PKG install 
+    mv $PKG/usr/share/man $PKG/usr/man
+    # remove nls
+    rm -r $PKG/usr/share
+}
diff --git a/powertop/README b/powertop/README
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+README for powertop
+
+REQUIREMENTS
+
+You'll need to enable the following kernel options:
+CONFIG_NO_HZ
+CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS
+CONFIG_HPET_TIMER
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
+CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND
+CONFIG_SND_AC97_POWER_SAVE
+CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
+
+and to disable these:
+CONFIG_IRQBALANCE
+CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG
+
+PRE-INSTALL
+
+POST-INSTALL
+
+RESOURCES
+http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/faq.php
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