Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 10:59:49 +0200 From: "Alexander S. Usov" <A.S.Usov@kvi.nl> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: powerd(8) Message-ID: <d47ppp$4hf$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <4263A33A.3030201@centtech.com> <2304.1113826754@critter.freebsd.dk> <20050418140117.GH2298@poupinou.org> <4263C6C5.300@centtech.com> <d46shg$rou$1@sea.gmane.org> <20050421083830.726cf741.sebastian.ssmoller@gmx.net>
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sebastian ssmoller wrote: >> >> But in general, it looks that a main problem with original adaptive >> algorithm is that it is possible to decrease an effective cpu >> frequency to an incredibly small values (for mine centrino it can go >> from 1.3Ghz down to 75Mhz), where even the easiest things take a lot >> of time, so it is forced to increase it. It looks that just limiting >> the minimal frequency by a something like 200-300 Mhz should make the >> original adaptive algorithm work much better. >> > > agree! estctrl decreased speed only down to 600MHz which worked > perfectly for me ... guess even 200MHz would be a bit to slow still .. It really depends. I left my notebook running for a whole night and most of the time it was fluctuating at frequencies of about 75-300 Mhz, which is more than enough for mldonkey to work. But for interactive work one would really prefer to have it higher. -- Best regards, Alexander.
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