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Subject: Re: sysctl debug.cpufreq.highest
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On 6 October 2010 17:18, Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 October 2010 03:02:36 Alexander Kojevnikov wrote:
>
>> This variable allows to underclock the CPU, which is useful when
>> building quiet or low-power systems.
>
> You can use the new -m and -M switches to powerd to control the minimum and
> maximum frequencies instead.

Thanks Bruce, now I have a good reason to upgrade to CURRENT :)

Still, it would be nice to have debug.cpufreq.highest exposed via
sysctl. Especially considering that the patch is quite short and
straightforward.