From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 29 05:55:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2612A16A420; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:55:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from ylpvm12.prodigy.net (ylpvm12-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6268743D5D; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:55:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from ylpvm01.prodigy.net (ylpvm01-int.prodigy.net [207.115.5.207]) by ylpvm12.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0T5tieY005770; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:55:45 -0500 X-ORBL: [71.139.114.10] Received: from [10.0.0.115] (ppp-71-139-114-10.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [71.139.114.10]) by ylpvm01.prodigy.net (8.13.4 dk-milter linux/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0T5tlrY006925; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:55:48 -0500 Message-ID: <43DC58F4.5040506@root.org> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 21:56:04 -0800 From: Nate Lawson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050723) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org References: <20060129055214.E93B916A43E@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060129055214.E93B916A43E@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/defaults rc.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:55:53 -0000 Nate Lawson wrote: > njl 2006-01-29 05:51:58 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > etc/defaults rc.conf > Log: > Enable the lowest Cx state by default. This will save power and we have > had enough testing of acpi_cpu to know this is stable now. > > Revision Changes Path > 1.272 +2 -2 src/etc/defaults/rc.conf This has been tested in 5, 6, and 7.x for a year and a half so it should be stable. Still, if your system starts hanging, try resetting this back to its previous value by putting the following in /etc/rc.conf: performance_cx_lowest="HIGH" economy_cx_lowest="HIGH" Only notify me if you experience a new problem that the above rc.conf change fixes, and only if it's with 7-CURRENT. Thanks. -- Nate