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Date:      Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:42:18 +0300
From:      Aleksander Alekseev <afiskon@devzen.ru>
To:        Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Power consumption tuning
Message-ID:  <20160810214218.6788f2c1@e733>
In-Reply-To: <20160811015734.D79687@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
References:  <mailman.109.1470830402.42128.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20160811015734.D79687@sola.nimnet.asn.au>

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Hello, Ian.

Thanks for a detailed reply!

> Well [1] stresses the importance of using maximum available C-states
> on your hardware.  But except for powerd and C-states where possible,
> I wouldn't bother with all that to save an extra few watts on a
> desktop. 
> 
>  > [1] https://wiki.freebsd.org/TuningPowerConsumption  

Well, I took a look on /etc/defaults/rc.conf and discovered that
default values are:

```
performance_cx_lowest="C2"
economy_cx_lowest="Cmax"
```

Since article describes C3 as a pretty dangerous thing I doubt that
these parameters are worth tuning in my case.

> What hardware?  What OS version?

11.0-beta4 on Fujitsu Lifebook E733 laptop. BTW it's a great laptop for
FreeBSD. Works everything including Wi-Fi adapter and hibernation.
I didn't check bluetooth, webcam and fingerprint scanner though. I
disabled this stuff in BIOS a long time ago since I don't use it anyway.

-- 
Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev



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