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To: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com>, 
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Subject: Re: CPU frequency doesn't drop below 1200MHz (like it used to)
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On 05/20/15 13:36, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just noticed that my CPU's frequency doesn't support dropping
> below 1200MHz. It used to be able to go down to 150MHz, if I am
> not mistaken. I'd like it to go down to 600MHz via powerd, like
> it used to go. This is a month's old 10-STABLE.
> 
>> [nik@moby ~]$ sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels
>> dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 2400/35000 2300/32872 2200/31127 2100/29417
>> 2000/27740 1900/26096 1800/24490 1700/22588 1600/21045 1500/19534
>> 1400/18055 1300/16611 1200/15194
> 
> Thanks in advance for any ideas,
> Nikos
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That's ok.
Your lowest possible speed is:
1200/15194

So 1200MHz is ok.
Greetings