Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:05:58 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Nate Lawson <njl@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica acpi_cpu.c Message-ID: <20030115000558.B30266@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20030114173224.A74488@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 05:32:24PM -0500 References: <20030114211406.A29186@freebie.xs4all.nl> <XFMail.20030114160441.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20030114173224.A74488@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 05:32:24PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > 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? Hm, time to find my W / Wh meter again. My guess would be ~ 30-40 W. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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