From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 24 12:21:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C930916A41A for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:21:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrey.kosachenko@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CA0813C461 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:21:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrey.kosachenko@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id y2so1488230uge.37 for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:21:33 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; bh=gx8g9KAPHUKeffw5Pu4TN6HL/46/Iyi47EKHzh5of+A=; b=vTcHlhwtEZpQtM9tKe53+21/K+IG7oXl3AfVcPipBcaO3JN+29m7hvGqp01D6k9z280AgLoOBAerFHfPJzaOwQkIZpOigC182VYG/lOoO3hUVBkLy45rKHTD0QI1QlLVfUwUvSUuIkAfZWmUUojTasOB1vylzhQIhkugbFn213I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=GTm0mKIcbs0/MfGYyFKD3ETCSS1gcnRM7CbQbKsjYX697H7+mi23JHDlqUQHnORcdob56uBlSiaA5shj3aGZ4P54BbyRhnN9wDVHo3ps/g60XX20FCEKHPGnF1x9xc5Te/5f9z1HeMK0/SXDxEDvsS6LfrJPusdvQ6V7oOsTbj0= Received: by 10.67.22.14 with SMTP id z14mr3481693ugi.24.1198498893085; Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:21:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from beastie.lan ( [194.9.14.78]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m1sm20058271uge.85.2007.12.24.04.21.31 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:21:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <476FA40F.5070406@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:20:31 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071129) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Andrey Cc: Ian Smith Subject: Re: powerd doesn't decrease CPU frequency in some cases X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:21:34 -0000 Yeah, I completely agree with you, Ian. Unfortunately too many things "are taken from the ceiling" in this world :o(. But what's to be done... We have to dial with it and handle it somehow... just to decrease fan noise or to save power or whatever else... Ian Smith wrote: > > I've watched with amazement over the months seeing various problems with > machines having such as 2201 and 2200, or 2001 and 2000MHz frequencies. > > It makes no sense to me at all that manufacturers would bother having a > separate frequency just 1MHz higher. It seems ridiculous, and bogus. > > Just an observation .. > > Cheers, Ian -- Sincerely, Andrey Kosachenko