Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:12:08 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Power-Mgt (Was: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/cpufreq est.c ) Message-ID: <47DF08D8.2070608@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <5753.1205785282@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <5753.1205785282@critter.freebsd.dk>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <47DED21C.4070108@FreeBSD.org>, Kris Kennaway writes: > >> I think this is a great idea, but one of the big problems is probably >> going to be dealing with hardware quirks. e.g. we can't even enable >> powerd by default because e.g. acpi_throttle hangs on some systems. It >> might be tricky to get power management to the stage where it works for >> everyone and can be done automatically. > > I'd expect that this will improve over time, just like all other > technologies from ISA to PCI bus implementations did. > > But yes, it will take time & effort, but given the current > cleantech/greentech buzz, I think we'd better get moving. Yeah, absolute worst case is we can make progress in automatic deployment by whitelisting. What SoC projects can you think of in this arena? Kris
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?47DF08D8.2070608>