Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:36:44 GMT From: "=?utf-8?Q?Alexandre C. Guimar=C3=A3es?=" <rigoletto@FreeBSD.org> To: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-ports-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-ports-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 98858214cd10 - main - sysutils/powerdxx: add pkg-message to inform Message-ID: <202109201536.18KFaiel033317@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by rigoletto: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=98858214cd100a605cfb3eb7cbd68213b20cc805 commit 98858214cd100a605cfb3eb7cbd68213b20cc805 Author: Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-09-20 15:26:07 +0000 Commit: Alexandre C. Guimarães <rigoletto@FreeBSD.org> 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+0000 sysutils/powerdxx: add pkg-message to inform - for CPUs that are supported by the hwpstate driver powerd++ is obsolete and in fact not possible, because the driver discards frequencies set via the sysctl interface.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+ +For CPUs that are supported by the hwpstate driver powerd++ is obsolete and +in fact not possible, because the driver discards frequencies set via the +sysctl interface.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.
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