Re: Enhanced SpeedStep driver available
Michael Joyner <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile,gmane.os.freebsd.current |
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>> I've also put together a very simple control daemon which >> reads kern.cp_time every second and adjusts the cpu frequency >> based on the fraction of cpu time which is idle. This increases >> my laptop's battery life by around 40%. > > > It would be nice if you can extend it to use whatever speed control > method is available (e.g. ACPI, TCC, ESS etc), so that it can be used on > older machines as well. > > -Maxim > > I think this would be good for desktops/servers as well. save a tiny % on electric / and / cooling bill. maybe allow overclocking so long as one doesn't max out the cpu. :) _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"