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Date:      Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:54:47 +1030
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: powerd effectiveness
Message-ID:  <200601121554.55657.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <43C5CB63.7060202@rogers.com>
References:  <43C5A261.1020407@rogers.com> <200601121326.18384.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <43C5CB63.7060202@rogers.com>

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On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:52, Mike Jakubik wrote:
> > powerd won't run your CPU at a specific clock frequency - it varies the
> > CPU frequency based on current load conditions.
>
> The load was 0, only thing that was running was mbmon.

=46air enough.. still.. makes testing simpler IMO.

> > You could try what I do but there are some systems which are very slow =
to
> > change clock speed so this could be an impediment.
>
> What was part of my question, is it the hardware or the software thats
> at fault here. I.e. would a cool n quiet system be better.

Hard to say.
I don't see how you can possibly get the frequencies you say with the hardw=
are=20
you claim.

What does sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels say?

=2D-=20
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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