Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:53:38 +0100 From: Michal Varga <varga.michal@gmail.com> To: Thomas Backman <serenity@exscape.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Systems running hot? Message-ID: <3f1fd1ea0912200053y72b21baeta88f754818f73d02@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7CEE793D-0485-43EC-81CD-FAA7CD73DA52@exscape.org> References: <20091220063318.49A8C1CC0B@ptavv.es.net> <4B2DCC83.1000402@FreeBSD.org> <3f1fd1ea0912192339ob8bc80dx5b5f8ba0c6d6dad7@mail.gmail.com> <7CEE793D-0485-43EC-81CD-FAA7CD73DA52@exscape.org>
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On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Thomas Backman <serenity@exscape.org> wrote: >> This is from latest 7.2. Were there any changes in 8/9-CURRENT to >> bring some love to Phenoms too? > > I have little to no experience with power saving in *nix, but have you made sure the BIOS settings support throttling etc.? > > Regards, > Thomas Yes, there is only Cool'n'Quiet to be enabled and that has been on for ages. Though to really make sure, I dug up a Windows install and found a power mon. app on AMD's site, results are as expected: http://i45.tinypic.com/qsrqdv.png Even per-core throttling seems to work fine there. m.
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