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From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica acpi_cpu.c
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John Baldwin [jhb@FreeBSD.org] wrote:
> aggressive policies in the future.  You could change the speed on
> your desktop by changing the performance speed to be 6 (75%) using
> the sysctl for example:

The scary thing is that for my destop setup, I can turn my speed down
to 25% on my P4 and not really feel a difference in xterms, editors
and soforth. (I CAN see a difference, I just don't mind it much).

Any idea about how much power this actually saves on a desktop?

Thanks,

Drew

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