From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 7 13:45:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0014C16A41F; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:45:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from ash25e.internode.on.net (ash25e.internode.on.net [203.16.214.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02C5243D45; Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:45:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from midget.dons.net.au (ppp133-212.lns2.adl2.internode.on.net [59.167.133.212]) by ash25e.internode.on.net (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id jA7DjTpR026572; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:15:34 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from inchoate.dons.net.au (inchoate.dons.net.au [10.0.2.99]) (authenticated bits=0) by midget.dons.net.au (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jA7DjSdl053190 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:15:30 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:15:09 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <200511052355.jA5NtuPg026403@repoman.freebsd.org> <436E5797.7090605@root.org> <868xw0d3rs.fsf@xps.des.no> In-Reply-To: <868xw0d3rs.fsf@xps.des.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1412342.mM42VyL5fn"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200511080015.19588.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: 0 () X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 10.0.2.7 Cc: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= , Mike Silbersack , src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, Nate Lawson Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/modules/acpi/acpi Makefile src/sys/dev/acpica acpi_battery.c acpi_smbat.c acpi_smbus.h acpiio.h X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:45:53 -0000 --nextPart1412342.mM42VyL5fn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 23:16, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Nate Lawson writes: > > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > > > Try running powerd with a 5000 ms polling interval. With the default > > > of 500 ms, it never seems to stabilize, but keeps oscillating wildly > > > in the 75-300 MHz range on my Dell Latitude D600. > > > > That is bad for performance. It can then take up to 10-15 seconds to > > promote back to 100% CPU when your system becomes busy. > > It's not as bad for performance as me tossing the laptop out the > window in frustration because powerd keeps changing the CPU frequency > and the system freezes for just a moment every time it does. Pretty odd the system freezes with a frequency change! I have an Inspiron 8600 and I don't see that behaviour.. Although I do get= =20 hitches reading temperature and battery info :( Tried a newer BIOS? =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart1412342.mM42VyL5fn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDb1pv5ZPcIHs/zowRAvl0AJ0XkYmlelcUfPAKCXNVFJ9HrG1oMACgkSlE trgP8PLa+sUvPyJBdwIkk3Q= =nYhj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1412342.mM42VyL5fn--