Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 20:12:10 +0200 From: Patrick Hurrelmann <outi@outi.echsi.de> To: Jeffrey Katcher <jmkatcher@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any Interest in Load-Adaptive Power Daemon? Message-ID: <408BFF7A.1030408@outi.echsi.de> In-Reply-To: <20040425155541.92233.qmail@web41102.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040425155541.92233.qmail@web41102.mail.yahoo.com>
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Jeffrey Katcher wrote: > I've been using an IBM T40 that I love, but it has a very short life on > batteries: > something like 2:30, which is half of my previous Dell. I'm presuming that > this > is a direct result of always running at max clock 1.6Ghz. I've been doing a > little better lately adjusting clock speed manually, but I'm thinking of > writing > a daemon that will do the job automatically. It shouldn't take more than a day > or > so, but: > 1) Does something like this already exist on FreeBSD? > 2) Anyone else want it? I'd like to donate it for FreeBSD inclusion if it > works well and any core person is interested. > > Thanks in advance, > > Jeff Katcher that would be really great. i've read about something like that for linux but due to my missing skills regarding *nix i never had a closer look. as i can not provide you with programming skills, i would be interested in testing and maybe translating ;)
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