From owner-dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Mon Sep 20 15:36:45 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: dev-commits-ports-main@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E2F26A84CB; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:36:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4HCpZN6nwJz3kVb; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:36:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C8B3B13317; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:36:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.44]) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 18KFaipN033318; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:36:44 GMT (envelope-from git@gitrepo.freebsd.org) Received: (from git@localhost) by gitrepo.freebsd.org (8.16.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 18KFaiel033317; Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:36:44 GMT (envelope-from git) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:36:44 GMT Message-Id: <202109201536.18KFaiel033317@gitrepo.freebsd.org> To: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-ports-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-ports-main@FreeBSD.org From: "=?utf-8?Q?Alexandre C. Guimar=C3=A3es?=" Subject: git: 98858214cd10 - main - sysutils/powerdxx: add pkg-message to inform MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: rigoletto X-Git-Repository: ports X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/main X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 98858214cd100a605cfb3eb7cbd68213b20cc805 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated X-BeenThere: dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Commits to the main branch of the FreeBSD ports repository List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:36:45 -0000 The branch main has been updated by rigoletto: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=98858214cd100a605cfb3eb7cbd68213b20cc805 commit 98858214cd100a605cfb3eb7cbd68213b20cc805 Author: Nuno Teixeira AuthorDate: 2021-09-20 15:26:07 +0000 Commit: Alexandre C. Guimarães CommitDate: 2021-09-20 15:26:07 +0000 sysutils/powerdxx: add pkg-message to inform - for CPUs that are supported by the hwpstate driver powerd++ is obsolete and in fact not possible, because the driver discards frequencies set via the sysctl interface. - there is a loader tunable that lets you turn it off. PR: 255324 --- sysutils/powerdxx/Makefile | 1 + sysutils/powerdxx/pkg-message | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/sysutils/powerdxx/Makefile b/sysutils/powerdxx/Makefile index 22839dd88c5f..75da0080c7a7 100644 --- a/sysutils/powerdxx/Makefile +++ b/sysutils/powerdxx/Makefile @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ PORTNAME= powerdxx DISTVERSION= 0.4.4 +PORTREVISION= 1 CATEGORIES= sysutils MAINTAINER= rigoletto@FreeBSD.org diff --git a/sysutils/powerdxx/pkg-message b/sysutils/powerdxx/pkg-message index a080f193128b..1cd82d5f5dd7 100644 --- a/sysutils/powerdxx/pkg-message +++ b/sysutils/powerdxx/pkg-message @@ -9,3 +9,16 @@ Command line arguments can be set via powerdxx_flags. See powerd++(8) EOM } ] + +*************************************************************************** + +For CPUs that are supported by the hwpstate driver powerd++ is obsolete and +in fact not possible, because the driver discards frequencies set via the +sysctl interface. + +There is a loader tunable that lets you turn it off: + + hint.hwpstate_intel.0.disabled + +You can use that if you have issues with hwpstate controlling your CPU +frequency.