From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 18 06:53:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BC66106566B; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:53:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8137C8FC17; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:53:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-20-82.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.20.82]) by mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m2I6rG6k000466 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:53:16 +1100 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m2I6rFdG078585; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:53:15 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m2I6rF11078584; Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:53:15 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:53:15 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20080318065315.GR44676@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <4578.1205772826@critter.freebsd.dk> <200803171317.15812.jhb@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="eheScQNz3K90DVRs" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200803171317.15812.jhb@freebsd.org> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, Poul-Henning Kamp , src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/cpufreq est.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:53:20 -0000 --eheScQNz3K90DVRs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 01:17:15PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: >On Monday 17 March 2008 12:53:46 pm Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >>=20 >> >You have servers that default to half-speed when not on battery? That = is=20 >very=20 >> >odd, but you can just run powerd [...] >>=20 >> Yes, but you need to know that you should run powerd in the first place. > >Err, I would just always run it. You are now saying that laptops have to = run=20 >powerd to avoid full-speed CPUs on boot (even though the BIOS throttles it= =20 >down for you) but you can't run powerd on the server? In general, I agree that powerd should be enabled but actually implementing this may have some adverse side-effects. I know using acpi_throttle with powerd on my HP nx6125 causes it to wedge randomly. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --eheScQNz3K90DVRs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkffZtsACgkQ/opHv/APuIeMDACfYAa3ihBD6W/TBKrfaB4dPadp bokAoKVKPiAO580rgkwx5HLXzFDvUbcv =XPIY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eheScQNz3K90DVRs--