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Subject: Re: speedstep / cpu frequency control on 6-stable?
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:37:27 +0930
Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote:

> Loading cpufreq should give you sysctl's which control CPU frequency.
> powerd uses these to adjust frequency based on load.
> 
> I have this in rc.conf
> powerd_enable="YES"
> powerd_flags="-i 70 -r 30 -a adaptive -b adaptive -n adaptive -p 200"

With acpi enabled on this laptop, the above parameters works, and
powerd runs.  However, then I don't have any network connection to it.
Devil's choice :-(

With acpi disabled, powerd refuses to run.

Anyway, thanks for quick and good answers, both of you.
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Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway