From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 23:23:20 2008 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 7852A106564A for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:23:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4921F8FC13 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:23:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd3ml2so-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.141.138]) by pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 15 Dec 2008 16:23:19 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=iY6Xk2OdAAAA:8 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=SYGCq_bdhnFgTGF5jzsA:9 a=Xh0HX0dtzo1DXFyRNQmQeqKSbtkA:4 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd3ml2so-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 15 Dec 2008 16:23:19 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB421701E for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:23:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:23:17 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081215152317.50e78aa4@gom.home> In-Reply-To: <20081215231835.Y56482@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20081215133957.4ef356ec@gom.home> <20081215231835.Y56482@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: power management 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: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:23:20 -0000 On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:20:51 +0100 (CET) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > IMHO it depends on hardware > ya that makes sense at least from reading about different cpu state descriptions here: Everything You Need to Know About the CPU C-States Power Saving Modes http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/611 where they talk about how different cpu's deal with things differently. so since the os software can only use these features, possibly some have optimized for some hardware, but possibly not for others. > Simply - install linux, then FreeBSD on same machine and check it :) > :D ya that's what's important here at least. not that i'm concerned, i'm not going back to linux (even though i liked it while i used it). -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's