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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--nextPart1148451.ZxjGgqoG8z Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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 "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 --nextPart1148451.ZxjGgqoG8z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDxegn5ZPcIHs/zowRAgCsAJ44Avtcz9S8TW3jg720PMqnTDyOmgCgoQP3 6jeBJ2dmGU1x0iY7ky6nwmY= =7tBp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1148451.ZxjGgqoG8z--
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