From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 9 20:52:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3F1E1065673 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:52:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djr@pdconsec.net) Received: from ipmail06.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail06.adl2.internode.on.net [150.101.137.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63D458FC13 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:52:10 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApsEAN9BlkuWZcBC/2dsb2JhbACcC78KhHkE Received: from goliath.pdconsec.net (HELO smtp.pdconsec.net) ([150.101.192.66]) by ipmail06.adl2.internode.on.net with SMTP; 10 Mar 2010 07:22:09 +1030 Received: from mail1.pdconsec.net ([192.168.1.41] helo=mail1.pdconsec.net) with IPv4:25 by smtp.pdconsec.net; 10 Mar 2010 07:20:47 +1100 Received: from smtp.pdconsec.net ([192.168.1.32] RDNS failed) by mail1.pdconsec.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:51:08 +1100 Received: from [10.14.6.41] ([150.101.192.69] helo=[10.14.6.41]) with IPv4:10025 by smtp.pdconsec.net; 10 Mar 2010 07:20:47 +1100 Message-ID: <4B96B4B9.2050901@pdconsec.net> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:51:05 +1100 From: David Rawling User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100227 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Mar 2010 20:51:08.0892 (UTC) FILETIME=[3EA721C0:01CABFCA] Subject: Re: powerd on 8.0, is it considered safe? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:52:12 -0000 On 8/03/2010 9:47 PM, Dan Naumov wrote: > Is powerd finally considered stable and safe to use on 8.0? At least > on 7.2, it consistently caused panics when used on Atom systems with > Hyper-Threading enabled, but I recall that Attilio Rao was looking > into it. I can confirm I've been running it on an Atom 330 board, with HyperThreading, on 8.0-RELEASE-p2, for quite some time now: timeserver ~ 66> uptime 7:43AM up 11 days, 13:34, 1 user, load averages: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00 And /etc/rc.conf: powerd_flags="-i 85 -r 60 -p 100" Although now looking at it I don't know if it's working ... Dave. -- David Rawling Principal Consultant PD Consulting And Security 7 Virginia Ave Baulkham Hills, NSW 2153 Australia Mob: +61 412 135 513 Email: djr@pdconsec.net Please note that whilst we take all care, neither PD Consulting and Security nor the sender accepts any responsibility for viruses and it is your responsibility to scan for viruses. The contents are intended only for use by the addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material and any use by other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material.