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On Sun, 20 Dec 2009, Doug Barton wrote:
> Paul G Webster wrote:
> > tried running powerd on it?
>
> I was not running powerd, but I just enabled it with:
> performance_cx_lowest=3D"HIGH"
> performance_cpu_freq=3D"HIGH"
> economy_cx_lowest=3D"HIGH"
> economy_cpu_freq=3D"HIGH"
>
> If I'm reading the rc.conf man page correctly, that will give me the
> benefit of good performance while at the same time dropping the cpu
> frequency and power usage when idle?
>
> Any other suggestions are welcome.

Try..
powerd_enable=3D"YES"

=2D-=20
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